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Eating Lunch 14,000 Feet Below Sea Level

There's no kitchen or bathroom onboard Alvin, the United States' deepest diving manned submersible vessel. When dives can take up to nine hours, meals need to be specially planned and often simple. Alvin pilot Bruce Strickrott takes viewers through his lunch routine. 

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