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Launching NDSF News

June 9, 2021

NDSF has a new quarterly newsletter for the deep-submergence community to share regular updates about the Facility’s people, projects, and vehicles.  We’ll feature updates from the Alvin, Jason and Sentry…

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Jason and Sentry on the Seep Larval Dispersal Project

June 5, 2021
Sentry on Seep Larval Dispersal

Follow Jason and Sentry down the U.S. East Coast on the Seep Animal Larval Transport project aboard research vessel Thomas G. Thompson as they travel down the U.S. East Coast and…

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Meet the Alvin 6500 Team: Rose Wall

May 14, 2021
Alvin Group Electrical Engineer Rose Wall working on the power data and imaging chassis that powers and controls the sub's external equipment. (Image Credit: Daniel Hentz © WHOI)

A new engineer on learning the sub from the inside out. Read the whole interview. 

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Jason samples vents at the East Pacific Rise

May 10, 2021
Jason deploys temperature sensor

A multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional team traveled to the East Pacific Rise at 9°50’N in April 2021 to better understand the geophysical, chemical and biological connections at the hydrothermal vent fields there…

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New York Times: 25,000 Barrels Possibly Laced With DDT Are Found Off California Coast

April 29, 2021

Images, samples, and sidescan of several corroded barrels on the sea floor off the coast of California captured by ROV Jason and AUV Sentry in 2011 helped UC Santa Barbara scientist David Valentine uncover a massive…

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Meet the Alvin 6500 Team: Drew Bewley

March 20, 2021
Drew Bewley in the Alvin birdcage

An Alvin pilot and electrical section leader on flying a sub he helped design. Read the full interview with Drew here.

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Oceanus Magazine: Racing an undersea volcano

March 19, 2021

Scientists hurry to map the seafloor with Sentry before the next volcanic eruption on the East Pacific Rise.

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NPR Shortwave: A Quick Dive Into How Submarines Work

March 18, 2021

  Listen to Alvin Program Manager Bruce Strickrott explain how Alvin stays in one piece under the enormous pressure of the ocean.

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Physics World Podcast: Adam Soule on Alvin’s past and future

February 19, 2021
Adam Soule diving in Alvin

Listen to Adam Soule talking about HOV Alvin–it’s storied history and promising future on this podcast from Physics World. The Alvin portion begins at 18:20.

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Meet the Alvin 6500 Team: Danik Forsman

January 26, 2021

An Alvin pilot and mechanical section leader on building a sub with his own hands. Read the whole interview here.

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