Multimedia: Interviews

Holger Jannasch

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Jannasch discusses the significance of the discovery of the vents.

Ken McDonald video

Ken Macdonald

University of California, Santa Barbara

McDonald discusses the 1972 Deep-Tow cruise.

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Robert Ballard interview 1

Robert Ballard

Institute for Exploration, Mystic

Ballard discusses the lead-up to the FAMOUS expedition.

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Robert Ballard Interview 2

Robert Ballard

Institute for Exploration, Mystic

Ballard talks about finding the vents during the 1977 expedition.

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Robert Ballard interview 3

Robert Ballard

Institute for Exploration, Mystic

Ballard describes relocating the vents during the 1979 expedition.

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Dick Von Herzen interview

Dick Von Herzen

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Von Herzen talks about the 1977 expedition.

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John Porteous Interview

John Porteous

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Porteous talks when Alvin returned with the first vent animals.

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Marv Lilley

Marv Lilley

University of Washington

Lilley discusses the 1977 expedition

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Richard Lutz Interview

Rich Lutz

Rutgers University

Lutz talks about the biological discoveries on the 1979 expedition

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Dudley Foster interview

Dudley Foster

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Foster discusses finding high temperature vents at 21°N.

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