It is cold, dark and cramped. But Lisa Levin will be beaming later this month when she climbs inside a tiny submersible called Alvin and descends three miles into the unforgiving waters off Alaska.
What do a hydrogen bomb, the RMS Titanic, giant tube worms, chemosynthetic macrobacteria, and continental drift all have in common? In Woods Hole, that's an easy one. To hear WHOI scientists talk, it ...
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — A team of ...
Alvin celebrates its 50th birthday this year. In the past half century, the deep-sea submersible has made more than 4,700 dives all over the world. It has discovered hydrothermal vents, explored the ...
As the lead pilot for the deep-sea submersible Alvin, Falmouth resident Bruce Strickrott already has a claim to fame. He's one of just 45 people who've driven the Woods Hole Oceanographic ...
The famous mini research submarine Alvin arrived in San Diego on Thursday at the end of a mission in which its tiny crew witnessed the aftermath of a volcanic eruption on the seafloor while traveling ...
The little scientific submersible Alvin marked its 25th anniversary of deep-sea exploration last month, but even as oceanographers staged a gala party on the Woods Hole, Mass., waterfront, the Alvin ...
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