Title :
Underwater operations with the “MIR” submersibles in 1990-1994
Author :
Sagalevich, A.M.
Author_Institution :
P.P. Shirshov Inst. for Oceanology, Acad. of Sci., Moscow
Abstract :
During the last four years the “MIR-1” and “MIR-2” deep manned submersibles of P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of Russian Academy of Sciences were used for scientific research as well as for different types of special underwater technical operations. All the expeditions with the “MIR” submersibles were conducted at the international level. In different expeditions of r/v “Akademik Mstislav Keldysh”-support vessel of the “MIR”s-large groups of the scientists from the United States, Canada, Germany, England and other countries participated. A large volume of scientific results was obtained. During the dives different movies were obtained and unique underwater operations were performed
Keywords :
geology; marine systems; oceanic crust; oceanography; seafloor phenomena; ships; AD 1990 to 1994; Komsomolets; MIR; MIR-1; MIR-2; Titanic sunken ship; deep manned submersible; hydrothermal vent; manned submersible vehicle; marine sediment; midocean ridge; nuclear submarine; ocean sea; oceanic crust; seafloor geology; wreck; Barium; Geology; Laboratories; Microorganisms; Motion pictures; Oceans; Technical Activities Guide -TAG; Underwater vehicles; Vents; Volcanoes;
Conference_Titel :
OCEANS '94. 'Oceans Engineering for Today's Technology and Tomorrow's Preservation.' Proceedings
Conference_Location :
Brest
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2056-5
DOI :
10.1109/OCEANS.1994.364188