Alvin Frame-Grabber : Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Alvin is a research DSV owned by the US Navy and operated by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. The frame-grabber has dives listed (many with pictures) as far back as 1988. Alvin's been operating in the Gulf of Mexico within the past couple of months. I put this up here after reading a story discussing the recovery of the undersea environment/oil degradation after BP's blowout in the Gulf last year. Seems that the oil didn't get consumed by microbes as much as expected/reported...
Here's the Gulf Oil Blog. It's maintained by the University of Georgia marine science team that was researching the oil plumes from the failed well.
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