AlVIN - the sub celibrates

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ALVIN, the nation’s only deep-diving human occupied submersible, will mark a number of milestones in 2004. In April, the sub, logged Dive #4,000. In early June, the sub will celebrate its 40th anniversary serving the US ocean research community.Alvin's most famous exploits include locating a hydrogen ...

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Check out the book "Water Baby" by Victoria Kaharl (published 1990). It covers Alvin from the first "mad-scientist idea" (1956) through the discovery of Titanic and the first deep geo-thermal vents. (Wanna know what it's like to get entangled inside the wreck of a nuclear submarine at the bottom of the ocean?)