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A Quick Dive Into How Submarines Work
Category: Science & Medicine
Duration: 00:08:50
Publish Date: 2021-03-17 08:00:27
Description: Submarines can descend thousands of feet below the surface of the ocean, but to do so, they have to deal with an enormous amount of pressure. In this episode, engineer and pilot Bruce Strickrott of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution explains some of the fundamental engineering principles that allow submarines to dive so deep without imploding under the pressure.

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