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Break location on cable supporting Alvin prior to loss of Alvin from R/V Lulu.

Break location on cable supporting Alvin prior to loss of Alvin from R/V Lulu.
Break location on cable supporting Alvin prior to loss of Alvin from R/V Lulu.
Break location on cable supporting Alvin prior to loss of Alvin from R/V Lulu.
Break location on cable supporting Alvin prior to loss of Alvin from R/V Lulu.
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Porteous, John
Break location on cable supporting Alvin prior to loss of Alvin from R/V Lulu.
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10/16/1968
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Photo taken following loss of Alvin.
Caption from Oceanus magazine, Vol. 51, No. 1, pg. 3 timeline:
1968: Steel support cables holding Alvin snap at the beginning of a dive. The pilot and observers scramble to safety, but Alvin sinks 5,000 feet to the seafloor.
Photo courtesy of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Archives
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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