Jeff Laning, an Electrical Engineer with the Global Foundation for Ocean Exploration, works to fix the claw of the manipulator arm on remotely operated vehicle Deep Discoverer. The claw is a key tool for collecting samples from the seafloor, so getting it back in working order was important to meeting the objectives of Windows to the Deep 2021.
Electrical Engineer Jeff Laning
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Jeff Laning, an Electrical Engineer with the Global Foundation for Ocean Exploration, works to fix the claw of the manipulator arm on remotely operated vehicle Deep Discoverer. The claw is a key tool for collecting samples from the seafloor, so getting it back in working order was important to meeting the objectives of Windows to the Deep 2021.