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Chief Alvin pilot Ralph Hollis and Ruth Turner near Alvin on R/V Lulu.

Chief Alvin pilot Ralph Hollis and Ruth Turner near Alvin on R/V Lulu.
Chief Alvin pilot Ralph Hollis and Ruth Turner near Alvin on R/V Lulu.
Chief Alvin pilot Ralph Hollis and Ruth Turner near Alvin on R/V Lulu.
Chief Alvin pilot Ralph Hollis and Ruth Turner near Alvin on R/V Lulu.
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Rabushka, Anne
Chief Alvin pilot Ralph Hollis and Ruth Turner near Alvin on R/V Lulu.
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07/01/1983
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Date is approximate; July 1983.
Ruth Turner is the recipient of the 1996 Mary Sears Woman Pioneers in Oceanography award.
Caption from Oceanus magazine, Vol. 51, No. 1, pg. 3 timeline:
1971: Alvin dives with Ruth Turner aboard, the first dive with a woman scientist.
Image Of the Day caption:
In 1971, marine biologist Ruth Turner became the first woman to dive in WHOIs human-occupied submersible Alvin. Turner, pictured here with Alvin Chief Pilot Ralph Hollis aboard the research vessel Lulu, spent her career at Harvard University studying saltwater clams known as shipworms. Since Turners pioneering voyage, many women have boarded Alvin to explore the deep ocean and conduct scientific research. Stace Beaulieu, Lauren Mullineaux, Meg Tivey (WHOI), Colleen Cavanaugh (Harvard University), and Breea Govenar (Rhode Island College) have each made more than ten dives WHOIs iconic sub. They will speak about their experiences tonight at a free public event sponsored by the WHOI Womens Committee.
Photo by Anne Rabushka
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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