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Underway: Alvin syntactic foam repair

February 14, 2022
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Science enabled by NDSF vehicles at Ocean Sciences

February 14, 2022
People in a conference room talking to people on zoom, ocean floor imagery and people's faces on zoom.

A hybrid Sentry cruise

February 4, 2022
Hydrothermal vent and tube worms in the Guaymas Basin, Gulf of California.

Video: Live from hydrothermal vents in the Guaymas Basin

November 29, 2021

We interrupt this blog

November 16, 2021

HOV Alvin temporarily halts engineering test dives

November 15, 2021

Diving to Mona Canyon

November 14, 2021
Rough weather at the start of our transit to Mona Canyon made for a bumpy ride, but beautiful sunsets. (Photo by Ken Kostel, ©Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution))

Back to Work

November 11, 2021

Southbound

November 8, 2021

Open water

November 5, 2021
The moment when Alvin released from Atlantis and began it first untethered dive. (Photo by Ken Kostel, ©Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

Alvin unleashed

November 3, 2021
A long day’s dive made for a dramatic nighttime recovery. (Photo by Ken Kostel, ©Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

Doomed to succeed

November 2, 2021
Alvin’s first post-overhaul dive. (Photo by Ken Kostel, ©Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

First dive

November 1, 2021

Back in the water

October 29, 2021
Research submersible Alvin prepares for a dive. Luis Lamar © Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Cape Cod Times: After $50M upgrade, research sub Alvin can reach 99% of ocean floor

October 28, 2021
Atlantis and Alvin departing Woods Hole

Rough seas ahead

October 26, 2021

To sea—without leaving the dock

October 21, 2021
Shawn Arellano (Associate Professor, Western Washington University) gets ready to dive to the cold seep site, Green Canyon 234 (~550 m), in the Gulf of Mexico.

NDSF user spotlight: Shawn Arellano on cold seep larvae and science with all three NDSF vehicles

October 20, 2021

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