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Final safety checks are carefully run through before the ALVIN submersibledescends to the seafloor

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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.

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