Mr. Chandler, Submersible Operations Coordinator, took participants on a trip through the development, history, and activities of the United States’ deepest-diving research submersible, Alvin. Included in the presentation were accounts of many of Alvin’s benchmark accomplishments, including the first discovery of sea floor hydrothermal vents. Web-based Resources How Stuff Works, submarines Office of Naval Research Alvin's history, with images R/V Atlantis Water Pressure exercice Coast Project, technology links Vessels and Vehicles of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Buoyancy activity Put it There: Building a Manipulator Arm activity Creature from the Deep, a Sea Education Association lesson plan Last updated: January 9, 2013 | |||||||||||||
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