HOV Alvin
Alvin/Sentry cruise in the calm Guaymas Basin: wind wave height is “nil”.
AT42-05 cruise lead by Prof. Andreas Teske of Univ. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, has set sail on November 16th. The weather has been very calm so far (win wave heigh (ft) has been “nil” on the weather forecast we’ve been receiving and gorgeous picture posted on one of the PI Samantha Joy’s tweet) – the…
Read MoreThree HOV Alvin/AUV Sentry expeditions in this autumn/winter 2018!
Currently, HOV Alvin and AUV Sentry are on R/V Atlantis, conducting science program lead by Prof. Erik Cordes of Temple University off Costa Rica (Voyage AT42-03 – see where is Atlantis now?). This is the first of three consecutive autumn/winter 2018 expeditions for #HOVAlvin and #AUVSentry (all funded by @NSF_GEO). Upon completion of current cruise,…
Read MoreHOV Alvin dives during DEEP SEARCH 2018 campaign
#HOVAlvin, operated by #NDSF_WHOI, had a great public engagement during this August’s DEEP SEARCH 2018 cruise lead by Professor Erik Cordes et al. and supported by NOAA, BOEM (#BOEM_DOI, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management), and USGS (#USGS, Unites States Geological Survey). The mission logs via NOAA’s DEEP SEARCH 2018 website describe the wholesale effort and…
Read MoreRachel Smith, the head of astronomy/astrophysics lab talks about her HOV Alvin dive
Dr. Rachel Smith, an astronomer, a professor, and the head of Astronomy and Astrophysics Research Laboratory at the North Carolina Museum of the Natural Sciences, shares her #HOVAlvin dive experience in her Motherboard interview article. Her astronomer’s eyes witness: “First of all, getting into Alvin, it seemed like a spaceship to me……You’re moving through an…
Read MoreNTSB released El Faro investigation Video (AUV Sentry and HOV Alvin-OV)
On September 18th, National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released El Faro investigation video. #AUVSentry as well as Observation Vehicle (“OV”) of #HOVAlvin and the #NDSF_WHOI vehicle operations teams have contributed to this effort significantly and located the voice recorder of El Faro on the seafloor.
Read MoreHOV Alvin Deep-sea coral discovery dive video available
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (@WHOI) September Newsletter features the discovery of the deep sea coral by #HOVAlvin operated by #NDSF_WHOI. Now the HOV Alvin dive video highlighting this discovery is available !!! See the video >> ** NDSF is funded by @NSF_Geo
Read MoreProfessor McFadden of Harvey Mudd College shares her science discovery with HOV Alvin
“It’s pretty mind-blowing to know that the existence of this huge biological structure was completely unknown until now and to have been one of the first humans to visit it,” Read More>>
Read More(Forbes features) Why The Discovery Of The Deep Sea Coral Reef by HOV Alvin Matters
Scientists recently discovered an 86-mile-wide deep-sea coral reef off the coast of South Carolina as part of the “Deep Search 2018” expedition using #NDSF_WHOI #HOVAlvin. Read More>>
Read MoreLA Times features: HOV Alvin and Jason Jr.
LA Times features ” Taking the Kids — What’s new at museums for families”, including ongoing exhibition “Titanic – Untold Story” at National Geographic Museum in Washington D.C. (~ January 2019). At this exhibition, HOV Alvin‘s old sphere, sail, and story about Jason Jr. (predecessor vehicle of current ROV Jason), a critical player during the…
Read MoreWashington Post features: HOV Alvin dives
NDSF, supported by National Science Foundation, has been following a wide spectrum of news media covering the science discovery from current expedition on R/V Atlantis (Voyage #AT41) using HOV Alvin. The science team lead by the Chief Scientist, Prof. Erik Cordes of Temple University, realizes the discovery of coral reef off South Carolina “….. is…
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