Alvin, the deep ocean submersible known for exploring the wreck of the Titanic, is surveying two other famous shipwrecks – ...

WOODS HOLE — The adage that nearly three-quarters of the ocean floor is unreachable is no longer true. On July 21, the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's human-occupied submersible Alvin reached a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Even as scientists explored the ruins, including a team from Woods Hole, "it could never be too far from our thoughts how many ...

The veteran HOV can now officially dive deeper into the sea, broadening the horizons of scientific discoveries under the surface. Reading time 2 minutes The Alvin submersible is now capable of diving ...

The human-occupied submersible Alvin reached a major milestone in its upgrade project on June 22 when its new titanium personnel sphere successfully completed pressure testing, reports the Woods Hole ...

It may take years before scientists determine the full impact of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. But, utilizing the human-occupied submersible Alvin and the autonomous ...

While the Chinese are busy scouting the best under-sea sites to pillage for precious metals, America’s venerable oceanic exploration sub, the newly-renovated DSV Alvin, continues to uncover scores of ...

Andy Bowen, a principal engineer and director of the National Deep Submergence Facility at WHOI, was a part of the 1986 team that captured the video of the Titanic that's now up for two Webby Awards.