Alvin expedition leader Randy Holt prepares the sub to launch during the science verification expedition. (Photo by Marley Parker, ©Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) I manage the mechanical and electrical teams…
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SUNY Geneseo biologist Mackenzie Gerringer retrieves a sample from Alvin’s suction sampler after her dive on the Cayman Rise. (Photo by Marley Parker, ©Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) Deep-sea habitats seem…
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Sabrina Douglas, the first native of the Cayman Islands to dive in the Mid-Cayman Rise, emerges from HOV Alvin after her dive. (Photo by Marley Parker, ©Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)…
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Don Nuzzio helps retrieve samples from Alvin’s science basket after a dive that carried his in-situ chemical probe (inset) to measure fluid flow from hydrothermal vents at the Von Damm…
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Bob Waters uses the Alvin manipulator arm to pick up a rock sample from the ridge. (Photo courtesy of Alvin Imaging System) The view out of Alvin’s port-side window, at…
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Click image to expand I Was A Kid sat down with National Deep Submergence Facility chief scientist and WHOI engineer Anna Michel to explore her path to becoming an engineer,…
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NDSF Chief Scientist for Deep Submergence Anna Michel’s first dive in HOV Alvin; volcanologist Ken Rubin explains a veined deep sea rock; pilot Danik Forsman navigates Alvin in unknown terrain.
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In the ship’s Main Lab, members of the Alvin team and the science team gather for the post-dive meeting. Adam Soule runs through the events of the dive. At the…
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WHOI engineer and chief scientist of the National Deep Submergence Facility, Anna Michel, stands in front of Alvin. (Photo by Marley Parker, ©Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) Dr. Anna Michel became…
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WHOI geochemist Frieder Klein uses a rock saw to slice through one of the rock samples collected from the edge of the North American continental plate during his Alvin dive.…
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