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J. Patrick Hickey (Pat)
Expedition Leader, DSV ALVIN
WHOI

Job on the ship: In charge of all submersible operations involving ALVIN

How long have you been on the Atlantis? Seven years

How long have you been a scientist/crew member?
Bite your tongue

Where are you from? Waitsfield, Vermont

What's the most unusual thing you've seen on cruise? Still haven't accomplished that goal.

What's the strangest thing you've ever eaten? Nothing is too strange to eat.

What's the strangest thing that you have ever done? Craig Cary in drag (equator crossing)

What's the scariest thing that's ever happened to you? Telling Colleen Cavanaugh we were aborting one of her two dives.

If you didn't have this job, what would be your next job of choice? Lottery winner.

What's the hardest thing to endure? John Delaney's rendition of the poem "Sam McGee" in the sub, again and again and again.

What's the coolest place you've ever been? Still looking

 

 

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