U. S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 01-154

SEA-FLOOR PHOTOGRAPHY FROM THE CONTINENTAL MARGIN PROGRAM:

A Pictorial Survey of Benthic Character and Habitats
Along the U.S. East Coast

Photographic Gallery of personnel, facilities and equipment from the Continental Margin Program

The Research Vessel GOSNOLD, owned and operated by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, is used by members of the WHOI - USGS cooperative project in studies of the Atlantic Continental Shelf and Slope. The converted Army freighter is about 99 feet in length and weighs 250 tons. The vessel has a complement of 9 officers and crew and accommodations for about 8 scientists. Most of the field investigations of the WHOI - USGS program have been carried out aboard the GOSNOLD.