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Swimmer Mike Skowronski dives off the sub after it's attached to Atlantis.

Swimmer Mike Skowronski dives off the sub after it's attached to Atlantis.
Swimmer Mike Skowronski dives off the sub after it's attached to Atlantis.
Swimmer Mike Skowronski dives off the sub after it's attached to Atlantis.
Swimmer Mike Skowronski dives off the sub after it's attached to Atlantis.
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Linder, Christopher L.
Swimmer Mike Skowronski dives off the sub after it's attached to Atlantis.
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03/17/2014
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Image Of the Day caption:
One good dive deserves another. Mike Skowronski leaped off the submersible Alvin shortly after it resurfaced from a dive to the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico in March 2014. Skowronski is an Alvin pilot, but he occasionally acts as a "swimmer"someone who assists in the deployment or retrieval of Alvin into or out of the ocean. Among other jobs, swimmers attach a stabilizing tail line and a heavy lift line to the sub so that the ship's A-frame can lift the 20-ton vehicle back on deck. Alvin returned to service in 2014 after a major overhaul and upgrade.
Caption from Oceanus magazine, Vol. 51, No. 1, pg. 65 (image insert):
When Alvin reaches the stern of the ship, the swimmers attach the stabilizer line and the heavy lift line. They jump off as Alvin is lifted from the water.
Photo by Chris Linder
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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