Alvin Makes an Exciting Coral Discovery

A dive by scientists in the manned submersible Alvin during the Deep Search 2018 expedition led to an exciting discovery: a previously unknown deep-water coral reef that may stretch more than 80 miles along the Southeast Coast of the U.S. Watch the entire 8-hour dive in three minutes.

Alvin is the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution’s flagship human-occupied deep-ocean submersible.