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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242526'>Nine Nifty Holiday Gifts that Support Science, Help our Oceans</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center'><b><i><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242526'>Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Holiday Shopping Guide offers gifts that give back.</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p><p align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center'><b><i><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242526'> </span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242526'>What:</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242526'> Looking for a fun and unique holiday gift for the ocean lover on your list, backed with a purpose of supporting ocean science and research? Check out this array of </span><a href="https://shopwhoi.myshopify.com/collections/holiday-ideas-2021"><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC'>one-of-a-kind gifts</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242526'> exclusively from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. All proceeds go directly to ocean science and research. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242526'>Help support science and the environment this <i>sea-son</i>. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242526'>When: </span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242526'>From now through Sunday, December 12, find a large selection of clothing, gear, jewelry, accessories, and games, for the thalassophile (ocean lover) in your life! *Note that on-line orders must be received no later than December 12 to ensure arrival by Friday, December 24. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in'><u><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242526;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>SPECIAL PROMO CODE:</span></u><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242526;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'> Use CYBER2021 for 15% off your purchase (excludes memberships and gift cards). Code is effective starting 12:00pm EST on Sunday, November 28 and ends at 11:59pm on Monday, November 29.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242526'>WHOI Memberships: </span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242526'>Inspire a lifelong love of the ocean with a</span><a href="https://shop.whoi.edu/collections/membership-levels"><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC'> gift membership to Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242526'> Show how much you care and be a part of a global community dedicated to ocean science. Special member benefits, invitations to events, and member emails are just some of the perks of a membership. (Also available:</span><a href="https://shop.whoi.edu/products/whoi-associates-membership?_pos=1&_sid=05fe54359&_ss=r"><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242526'> Associates</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242526'> and</span><a href="https://shop.whoi.edu/products/whoi_navigator_membership?_pos=2&_sid=05fe54359&_ss=r"><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242526'> Navigator</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242526'> level memberships).</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242526'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242526'>###</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><h2 align=center style='margin:0in;text-align:center;background:white'><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242526'>Below The Edge of Darkness</span></i><o:p></o:p></h2><p align=center style='margin:0in;text-align:center'><b><i><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>A Memoir of Exploring Light and Life in the Deep Sea</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p align=center style='margin:0in;text-align:center;background:white'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'><img border=0 width=306 height=307 style='width:3.1845in;height:3.1964in' id="Picture_x0020_9" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D7E056.4DCB7E30"></span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p><p align=center style='margin:0in;text-align:center;background:white'><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p align=center style='margin:0in;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white'>Pioneering marine bio</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white'>logist, </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Edith Widder, PhD,<span style='background:white'> t</span></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white'>akes us down into the deep ocean to understand bioluminescence—the language of light that helps life communicate in the darkness—and what it tells us about the future of life on Earth in this “thrilling blend of hard science and high adventure” (<i>The New York Times Book Review</i>). <o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='margin:0in;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p align=center style='margin:0in;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p align=center style='margin:0in;text-align:center'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242526'>HOV<i> Alvin</i> Socks</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242526;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'><img border=0 width=275 height=275 style='width:2.863in;height:2.863in' id="Picture_x0020_8" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D7E056.4DCB7E30"></span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242526'>For the true explorer on your list, these custom <i>Alvin</i> socks celebrate the hard-working manned</span><a href="https://www.whoi.edu/topics/tools-technology/underwater-vehicles/alvin/"><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242526'> deep ocean research submersible</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242526'> of the same name. Made of knit jacquard, they have a woven imprint and reach mid-calf height.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242526'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242526'>WHOI X Cape Clasp: “Keep It Weird” Strawberry Squid Bracelets</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242526;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'><img border=0 width=243 height=178 style='width:2.5357in;height:1.8511in' id="Picture_x0020_7" src="cid:image003.jpg@01D7E056.4DCB7E30"></span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p align=center style='margin:0in;text-align:center;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242526'>Embrace the weird and wonderful ocean life and bedazzle your friends with the WHOI x Cape Clasp Strawberry Squid bracelet. Strawberry squid reside in the deep, dark, and mysterious ocean twilight zone. Made by our wonderfully weird friends at Cape Clasp. One size fits all. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p align=center style='margin:0in;text-align:center;background:white'><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242526'>Anglerfish WHOI X Cape Clasp: “Keep It Weird” Water Bottle</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242526;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'><img border=0 width=295 height=295 style='width:3.0714in;height:3.0714in' id="Picture_x0020_6" src="cid:image004.jpg@01D7E056.4DCB7E30"></span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242526;background:white'>Check out this fun and distinctive Keep It Weird-themed Nalgene water bottle with a female anglerfish on the front. This ocean twilight zone dwelling creature sports a glowing lure dangling from a rod on its forehead, and in the spirit of this special trait, this water bottle glows in the dark. Made by our wonderfully weird friends at Cape Clasp.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242526;background:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242526'>WHOI mesh-back baseball hat</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242526;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'><img border=0 width=319 height=319 style='width:3.3273in;height:3.3273in' id="Picture_x0020_5" src="cid:image005.jpg@01D7E056.4DCB7E30"></span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p align=center style='margin:0in;text-align:center;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242526'>Show your WHOI spirit and support of ocean science with this comfortable mesh back hat. A classic style, perfect for anyone! 100% garment-washed cotton twill front panels and bill, and 100% soft mesh polyester mid and back panels. 7-position adjustable snap<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='margin:0in;text-align:center;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242526'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p align=center style='margin:0in;text-align:center;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242526'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p align=center style='margin:0in;text-align:center;background:white'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242526'>Felted Penguin Ornament</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242526;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'><img border=0 width=273 height=273 style='width:2.8452in;height:2.8452in' id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:image006.jpg@01D7E056.4DCB7E30"></span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p align=center style='margin:0in;text-align:center;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242526'>Cute, sustainable and perfect for your holiday tree! This hand-crafted penguin ornament is made of eco-friendly wool felt by women artisans in Nepal and contains azo-free dyes. Fair trade. Measures 4.5" x 3.5". WHOI scientists work to protect penguin species and their dwindling habitats.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='margin:0in;text-align:center;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242526'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p align=center style='margin:0in;text-align:center;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242526'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p align=center style='margin:0in;text-align:center;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242526'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p align=center style='margin:0in;text-align:center;background:white'><o:p> </o:p></p><p align=center style='margin:0in;text-align:center;background:white'><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p align=center style='margin:0in;text-align:center;background:white'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242526'>Ocean Twilight Zone, Anglerfish Ornament</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p align=center style='margin:0in;text-align:center;background:white'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242526;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'><img border=0 width=294 height=294 style='width:3.0654in;height:3.0654in' id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image007.jpg@01D7E056.4DCB7E30"></span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p align=center style='margin:0in;text-align:center;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242526;background:white'> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242526'>Celebrate all things weird and wonderful with this wooden anglerfish ornament, hand-painted in Russia. WHOI’s Ocean Twilight Zone project combines exploration and research to study and better understand the mesopelagic layer of the ocean. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='margin:0in;text-align:center;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242526'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p align=center style='margin:0in;text-align:center;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242526'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p align=center style='margin:0in;text-align:center;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242526'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p align=center style='margin:0in;text-align:center;background:white'><o:p> </o:p></p><p align=center style='margin:0in;text-align:center;background:white'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242526'>Emperor Penguin T-shirts </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p align=center style='margin:0in;text-align:center;background:white'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242526;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'><img border=0 width=296 height=296 style='width:3.0833in;height:3.0833in' id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image008.jpg@01D7E056.4DCB7E30"></span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p align=center style='margin:0in;text-align:center;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242526'>This unisex 100% cotton t-shirt features an emperor penguin and is the second shirt in our, "Extinction is Forever" line. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='margin:0in;text-align:center;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242526'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p align=center style='margin:0in;text-align:center;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242526'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p align=center style='margin:0in;text-align:center;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242526'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p align=center style='margin:0in;text-align:center;background:white'><o:p> </o:p></p><p align=center style='margin:0in;text-align:center;background:white'><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p align=center style='margin:0in;text-align:center;background:white'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242526'>Kids “That’s Lit!” T-shirt</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p align=center style='margin:0in;text-align:center;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242526;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'><img border=0 width=331 height=331 style='width:3.4523in;height:3.4523in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image009.jpg@01D7E056.4DCB7E30"></span><o:p></o:p></p><p align=center style='margin:0in;text-align:center;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242526'>Let yo</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242526'>ur little one glow in this adorable and fun t-shirt, featuring one of the coolest creatures in the ocean twilight zone -- the anglerfish! The female anglerfish dons a </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white'>glowing lure dangling from a rod on its forehead. Pretty “lit”, huh? </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242526'>Shirt is made of 100% cotton.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='margin:0in;text-align:center;background:white'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242526'>© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>