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Highlights from Jason

By kkostel | March 28, 2018

Highlights from Jason dives during Dive & Discover Expedition 16 to Brothers volcano. (Video courtesy of Anna-Louise Reysenbach, chief scientist, Portland State University; Funder, NSF; ROV Jason. ©Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

Piloting Jason

By kkostel | March 24, 2018

Korey Verhein, Jason pilot and engineer, describes what he does, how he got to be what he is, and why what he does is so cool.

Video Update: Back at Sea

By kkostel | March 20, 2018

With a little over one week left in Expedition 16 to Brothers volcano, there is a lot of science to report. Catch up on developments since we’ve returned to sea.

All the Volcanoes We Can’t See

By kkostel | March 13, 2018

“This whole story starts with plate tectonics,” says Cornel de Ronde, a co-Principal Investigator of the Brothers volcano expedition.

An Unexpected Break

By kkostel | March 9, 2018

After a successful day of diving with Jason over the Northwest caldera region of Brothers volcano, the team has encountered a few difficulties, both human and meteorological.

Inside Expedition 16

By kkostel | March 8, 2018

Take a look inside the first days of Expedition 16 to Brothers volcano and get behind the scenes with the people on R/V Thomas Thompson.

Jason is in the Water!

By kkostel | March 8, 2018

ROV Jason has been successfully deployed off the deck of R/V Thompson and is now conducting its first in a long series of missions.

To Sea!

By kkostel | March 7, 2018

Today was the first full day of Dive & Discover Expedition 16. We departed Auckland and, after sailing some 18 hours and 340 kilometers (210 miles) northeast, R/V Thomas G. Thompson is positioned on the surface 1500 meters (4,920 feet) over the rim of the Brothers volcano caldera. It was a day of intense preparation and testing for the big dives ahead.