WHOI reveals upgrades to iconic submersible Alvin
![An Alvin team member prepares the sub for recovery after its 5000th dive in November 2018. (Photo by Drew Beweley, ©Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)](https://ndsf.whoi.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/96/2021/01/Alvin5000_15-1024x683.jpg)
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.