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WIRED: The Oldest Crewed Deep Sea Submarine Just Got a Big Makeover

January 6, 2021

WIRED Magazine interviews Alvin Group Manager Bruce Strickrott and Chief Scientist for Deep Submergence Adam Soule about the 6,500 meter overhaul.

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Meet the Alvin 6500 Team: Lane Abrams

January 6, 2021
Senior Engineer Lane Abrams with the Alvin birdcage. This frame holds all the the electronic components of the sub while it is disassembled. (© Daniel Hentz, WHOI)

Senior Electrical Engineer Lane Abrams moves from the drawing board to the deep ocean. Read the whole interview here.

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Meet the Alvin 6500 Team: Francis Elder

December 17, 2020
Francis Elder tests the new hydraulicly powered intensifier pump for Alvin’s variable ballast system. The new pump was designed and built in-house and will be able to withstand the pressure at Alvin’s new depth of 6,500 meters. (Daniel Hentz © Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

Lead Mechanical Engineer Francis Elder helps re-draw Alvin’s future. Read the full interview here.

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AGU Alvin press briefing

December 12, 2020

Watch the Fall 2020 Meeting Press Briefing: Overhaul to take Human Occupied Vehicle Alvin to greater extremes

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WHOI reveals upgrades to iconic submersible Alvin

December 11, 2020
An Alvin team member prepares the sub for recovery after its 5000th dive in November 2018. (Photo by Drew Beweley, ©Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

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.

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Sentry pairs with wave glider to explore new ocean worlds

November 17, 2020

WHOI geochemist Chris German pairs AUV Sentry with an autonomous surface vehicle (ASV) called a Wave Glider to expand research here and on other Ocean Worlds

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Underway: VISIONS’20 Expedition. Watch Jason at work on the sea floor.

August 17, 2020
The ROV Jason rises from the deep after diving in the International District Hydrothermal Field. Credit: University of Washington.

ROV Jason is at sea on the R/V Thompson for a 30-day maintenance cruise to service the Regional Cabled Array. From University of Washington’s Interactive Oceans: Jason will again be…

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SciTechDaily: Hydrothermal fluid from Picard Vents leads to discovery that transforms understanding of hydrogen depletion at the seafloor

August 11, 2020
ROV Jason Cayman vent still

Using samples collected by ROV Jason II and Nereus, Scientists analyzing hydrothermal fluid from Piccard vents at Mid-Cayman Rise found “non-biological processes deplete hydrogen that was thought to be readily…

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Gizmodo: “It really is otherworldly”

July 20, 2020
Vent at the East Pacific Rise

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…

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Overhaul to take Alvin to greater extremes

July 15, 2020

The final phase of an overhaul that will allow the submarine to dive to 6,500 meters is underway. Read the whole story here.

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