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Alvin dive 202 - swordfish attack

Alvin dive 202 - swordfish attack
Alvin dive 202 - swordfish attack
Alvin dive 202 - swordfish attack
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Alvin dive 202 - swordfish attack
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07/06/1967
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Caption from Oceanus magazine, Vol. 51, No. 1, pg. 66:
Close encounters with Alvin.
In 1967, a swordfish attacked Alvin at 2,000 feet down, became stuck in the subs skin, and was brought to the surface with Alvin (and later eaten for dinner).
Alvin dive 202 to the Blake Plateau. McCamis was pilot, Wilson was observer, and Zarudski was chief scientist.
Photo courtesy of WHOI Archives
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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