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Description
Final safety checks are carefully run through before the ALVIN submersibledescends to the seafloor. The research vessel ATLANTIS II and the ALVIN crewoften spend 8 months per year at sea. (Image credit: Expedition to the Deep Slope/NOAA/OER)
Credit
Expedition to the Deep Slope/NOAA/OER
Display Date
2006 May 21
Collection
Voyage to Inner Space
Ocean Exploration Collection
Modern Expeditions
Expedition to the Deep Slope
Keywords
Ocean Exploration