DSV Alvin 2023-2024 Operations Overview and Celebration of 60 years of support for Science
The presentation will share information on Alvin’s 60th year of scientific operations, detailing succesful voyages to the active hydrothermal vents at the Eastern Pacific Rise, Hydrothermal vents in the Gulf of California, and the deep-water methane seep communities along the Aleutian margin (to 5000m). Additionally, the presentation will highlight some of Alvin’s major milestones since initial certification in 1964, and speak to the program’s future goals and plans for the years to come.