Old Weird Ward
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Saturday, October 23, 2004
- - - - - Pioneering Research Sub to Retire - - - - -
ALVIN is retiring! No, not the Chipmunk you twit, the research submarine!
The sub has taken 12,000 people on over 4,000 dives, to observe the lifeforms that must cope with super-pressures and move about in total darkness.
It is said Alvin research has featured in nearly 2,000 scientific papers.
It helped confirm the theory of plate tectonics and continental drift, and discovered hydrothermal vents. |
My only regret at the first paragraph above is that OWW is not one of the fortunate 12,000 - and I would have gone in a heart-beat.
See the complete story HERE.
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