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Nature 439, 899 (23 February 2006) | doi:10.1038/439899a; Published online 22 February 2006

Oil-rig staff get into marine biology

Jim Giles

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Industry deep-sea vehicles double as explorers.

There used to be a drawback to Tony Kastropil's job. As a pilot for the robot submarines that monitor subsea drilling operations, he spent most of his time looking at murky underwater pictures of oil rigs.