Congratulations Mark! Following his first solo dive, our deep submergence vehicle Alvin pilot Mark Spear is welcomed back onboard the research vessel Atlantis by fellow pilot Gavin Eppard with a nice bucket of cold Gulf of Mexico mud. Image courtesy of
Expedition to the Deep Slope.
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