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During some 50 dives this summer as part of Project FAMOUS, the American submersible Alvin and its French counterparts Archimède and Cyana explored one of the earth's last great frontiers: the rugged, seismically active rift valley that cleaves the floor of the Atlantic almost all the way from the Arctic Ocean to Antarctica. Last week, as the scientists who took part in FAMOUS (for French-American Mid-Ocean Undersea Study) returned home from their expedition to the bottom of the sea, they reported that their little craft had discovered important new clues to the secrets...
...ALVIN F. POUSSAINT...
...many countries are busy sampling, probing and testing the seas and the seabed in many areas, using some dazzling gadgets (see color pages). Off the Azores, French and American scientists are diving to depths of almost two miles in three tiny submersibles, including the U.S. Navy's little Alvin, for a closeup look at the jagged, volcanically active mid-Atlantic ridge. Farther south, 38 ships and 13 planes from ten different countries have assembled for a massive United Nations-sponsored study of how the sun-drenched tropical seas and atmosphere affect worldwide weather...
...opportunity to move from team to team. The option clause requires a veteran to play out his contract, then put in another year at 90% of his previous season's salary before he can join a new team. According to the Rozelle rule, named after N.F.L. Commissioner Alvin ("Pete") Rozelle, a team that loses a player must be compensated with someone of comparable worth. If the two teams cannot agree on a deal, Rozelle plucks someone out for compensation or awards a draft choice. The players say he often makes a team give up more than it has acquired...
...Darkness. The expedition is part of Project FAMOUS (for French-American Mid-Ocean Undersea Study), and is the climactic phase of a three-year international program. It will involve some 60 dives in three of the world's most extraordinary undersea ships: the U.S. Navy's tiny Alvin,* operated by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and the French deep-diving submersibles Archimède and Cyana...