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Exploring Alaska's Undersea Volcanoes

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Scientists using the deep-sea submersible Alvin are able to study volcanoes thousands of feet beneath the ocean surface in the Gulf of Alaska. This map shows an arc of volcanoes extending from the Oregon Coast northwest across the Gulf of Alaska. (Courtesy West Coast and Polar Regions Undersea Research Center.)