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Final safety checks are carefully run through before the deep submergence vessel (DSV) Alvin descends to the sea floor. The research vessel (R/V) Atlantis and the DSV Alvin crew often spend eight months per year at-sea. Image courtesy of Expedition to the Deep Slope.

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