Bruce Strickrott

Bruce Strickrott is a deep sea explorer, ocean engineer, and the senior pilot of the human-occupied deep submergence vehicle 'DSV Alvin' at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution located in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. Bruce has been a member of the Alvin operations team since September 1996, has logged over 380 dives in Alvin, and has participated in over 142 scientific research expeditions. In 2021 Bruce directed completion of a major systems upgrade to increase Alvin's maximum dive depth from 4,500 meters to 6,500 meters (21,325 feet). Alvin completed diving to this new depth in 2022. Bruce was honorably discharged from the US Navy in 1992 after six years of active duty service. Bruce is a "fellow" of The Explorers Club and is the co-discoverer of the deepest known hagfish, "Eptatretus Strickrotti" found in the southern Pacific ocean in 2005. He lives in Cape Cod with his wife Genai Corban and his two daughters.