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Special tools such as research vessels with built-in laboratories,
submersibles that carry scientists to the ocean floor, and underwater
robotic vehicles, make the black smoker expedition possible. Scientists
choose the vehicles and tools that will meet the needs of the scientific
expedition, dive deep enough to reach their research destination, and that
are in the region around the time of their expedition.
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| Thompson |
Tully |
ROPOS |

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| Atlantis |
ALVIN |
JASON |
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