HOV Alvin
Meet the Alvin 6500 Team: Danik Forsman
An Alvin pilot and mechanical section leader on building a sub with his own hands. Read the whole interview here.
Read MoreWIRED: The Oldest Crewed Deep Sea Submarine Just Got a Big Makeover
WIRED Magazine interviews Alvin Group Manager Bruce Strickrott and Chief Scientist for Deep Submergence Adam Soule about the 6,500 meter overhaul.
Read MoreMeet the Alvin 6500 Team: Lane Abrams
Senior Electrical Engineer Lane Abrams moves from the drawing board to the deep ocean. Read the whole interview here.
Read MoreMeet the Alvin 6500 Team: Francis Elder
Lead Mechanical Engineer Francis Elder helps re-draw Alvin’s future. Read the full interview here.
Read MoreAGU Alvin press briefing
Watch the Fall 2020 Meeting Press Briefing: Overhaul to take Human Occupied Vehicle Alvin to greater extremes
Read MoreWHOI reveals upgrades to iconic submersible Alvin
One of the world’s most prolific research submersibles will put 99% of the ocean floor within reach of science community when it relaunches in 2021. Read the full press release.
Read MoreGizmodo: “It really is otherworldly”
Jason Sylvan from Texas A&M talks about exploring the East Pacific Rise at 9°50’N in HOV Alvin. “I was blown away with just how much different it is actually being there and looking out a window and seeing the site right in front of you,” he told Gizmodo. Watch the video and read the whole…
Read MoreOverhaul to take Alvin to greater extremes
The final phase of an overhaul that will allow the submarine to dive to 6,500 meters is underway. Read the whole story here.
Read MoreCape Cod and the Islands Magazine: Lessons on Small Space Living from a Submarine Pilot
Living in a confined space in response to COVID-19 stay-at-home orders is nothing new for Bruce Strickrott. As a pilot of human-occupied vehicle (HOV) Alvin and manager of the Alvin Group, he has spent years making his life at sea. Read the interview to learn the routines that serve him best.
Read MoreCOVID-19 information for NDSF user community
Following guidance from UNOLS and our host site Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), the National Deep Submergence Facility is monitoring the situation related to COVID-19 closely and taking appropriate actions to keep our team and users safe. We are in the process of bringing all vehicles back to their home port in Woods Hole, Massachusetts.…
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