Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
41.525853°N 70.668533°W

View across Eel Pond at the buildings on the Institution’s campus. 6/19/2012 2:55:03 PM

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution is part of the Woods Hole Research Center and was established in 1930. It focuses research on urgent environmental issues. It includes the Marine Biology Laboratory and National Marine Fisheries Service.

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution is located in the village of Woods Hole and is part of the Woods Hole Research Center with several campuses. It is the world’s largest non-profit and private oceanographic institute. The Rockefeller Foundation ceded the institution with the requisite start-up money and the Institute was established in 1930. The Institute is probably most noted by the public for its discovery and subsequent mapping of the RMS Titanic and its deep diving submersible the Alvin, which is stored here.

Jack Crane 

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The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) is a private, nonprofit research and higher education facility dedicated to the study of all aspects of marine science and engineering and to the education of marine researchers. Established in 1930, it is the largest independent oceanographic research institution in the U.S., with staff and students numbering about 1,000. The Institution is organized into six departments,—the Cooperative Institute for Climate and Ocean Research, and a marine policy center. Its shore-based facilities are located in the village of Woods Hole, Massachusetts, and a mile and a half away on the Quissett Campus. The bulk of the Institution's funding comes from grants and contracts from the National Science Foundation and other government agencies, augmented by foundations and private donations.

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