The Machines
The vessels that made the abyss reachable — from Beebe’s steel bathysphere and Piccard’s bathyscaphe Trieste to the submersible Alvin, James Cameron’s Deepsea Challenger and Victor Vescovo’s Limiting Factor.
Part of Deep-Sea Exploration
33 moments in this segment.
- — The Bathysphere. William Beebe and Otis Barton’s steel bathysphere, lowered on a cable to record depths in the 1930s.
- — Bathyscaphe Trieste. The bathyscaphe Trieste, which carried Jacques Piccard and Don Walsh to the Challenger Deep in 1960.
- — DSV Alvin. Woods Hole’s deep submergence vehicle Alvin, in service since 1964.
- — The Trieste’s deepest dive (extended). The story of the bathyscaphe Trieste, which in 1960 carried two men to the deepest point in the ocean.
- — Inside James Cameron’s Deepsea Challenger. The one-man sub James Cameron rode to the bottom of the Mariana Trench in 2012.
- — Deepsea Challenge: Cameron to dive to the ocean’s deepest point. Announcing James Cameron’s solo descent to the Challenger Deep.
- — DEEPSEA CHALLENGE 3D — trailer. National Geographic’s film of James Cameron’s 2012 dive to the Mariana Trench.
- — Dive Deeper: Alvin takes you there. Inside a dive aboard Alvin — how three people descend kilometres into the dark.
- — Robots in the Abyss: 30 years of research on the abyssal plain provides clues to climate change. MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute)
- — MBARI is advancing marine science and engineering to understand our changing ocean. MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute)
- — The making of DSV Limiting Factor. Caladan Oceanic’s film on building the Limiting Factor — the first repeatable full-ocean-depth submersible.
- — Navigating STEM as an ocean robotics engineer | Emery Nolasco. MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute)
- — Biodiverse Borderlands - 4K ROV Highlights. “Establishing ecological baselines in the deep sea allows us to track changes over time and better understand the consequences of human actions,” said Chief Scientist Dr. Lisa Levin, a professor of biological oceanography at Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
- — Preparing ROV SuBastian | Shipyard to Sea - Ep. 2. Schmidt Ocean Institute
- — Preparing ROV SuBastian - Shipyard to Sea Ep. 2 - Español/Castellano Subtitulado. Sumérjase en los sistemas mecánicos y eléctricos del Vehículo Operado Remotamente SuBastian, mientras el equipo se prepara para integrar el ROV en la red de herramientas del nuevo buque de investigación Falkor (too). Obtenga una mirada entre bastidores a la integración, incluida la modificación del sistema de lanzamiento/recuperación, el enrollado de más de 5000 metros de cable de fibra óptica umbilical y más.
- — Ocean technology competition inspires the next generation of STEM leaders. MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute)
- — Meet MBARI: The Manufacturing Group builds high-tech tools and instruments we deploy in the deep sea. MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute)
- — New Technology Brings High-Tech Laser Lab to Seafloor | Nautilus Live. EVNautilus
- — Updated Mesobot Provides Stunning Twilight Zone Ocean Footage | Nautilus Live. EVNautilus
- — OECI Multi-Vehicle Ocean Exploration Showcases Power of Collaboration | Nautilus Live. EVNautilus
- — Testing New Camera Technology To Bring The Deep Sea to 3D | Nautilus Live. During our Ocean Exploration Through Advanced Imagery expedition, the team had the exciting opportunity to test a new wide field camera array system co-developed by the Ocean Exploration Trust and Sexton Corporation to expand how we gather data from the deep ocean. In this video, join the team touring this new technology as its brought to the field, working from deployment to data processing to visualize the ocean floor using both complex technology and off-the-shelf software solutions.
- — The many milestones of Alvin. Woods Hole’s DSV Alvin — in service since 1964, the workhorse submersible that has carried scientists on thousands of dives.
- — Alvin: advancing ocean science. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
- — Beyond the Wow: How to Track an Underwater Vehicle | Nautilus. EVNautilus
- — Exploring the Deep with the DAP Lander | Nautilus Live. EVNautilus
- — Meet MBARI: This team develops innovative new technology to map the seafloor. MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute)
- — Climate Connections at the Ice-Sea Interface | 4K ROV Highlights. Schmidt Ocean Institute
- — Searching for New Species in the South Sandwich Islands| 4K ROV Highlights. Schmidt Ocean Institute
- — Inside the sub that reached Earth’s deepest point. How the bathyscaphe Trieste was engineered to survive the crushing pressure of the Challenger Deep.
- — (re)Introducing ROV Little Hercules | Nautilus Live. EVNautilus
- — Introducing the New EM304 Mapping Sonar on E/V Nautilus | Nautilus Live. EVNautilus
- — Alvin returns to service. The upgraded Alvin re-certified for deeper dives, extending the reach of the legendary submersible.
- — ROV Attempts Sample of Paper Nautilus Shell | Nautilus Live. EVNautilus
