Jannasch H W, Eimhjellen K, Wirsen C O, Farmanfarmaian A
Science. 1971 Feb 19;171(3972):672-5. doi: 10.1126/science.171.3972.672.
Food materials from the sunken and recovered research submarine Alvin were found to be in a strikingly well-preserved state after exposure for more than 10 months to deep-sea conditions. Subsequent experiments substantiated this observation and indicated that rates of microbial degradation were 10 to 100 times slower in the deep sea than in controls under comparable temperatures.
从沉没后打捞上来的研究潜艇“阿尔文号”上获取的食物材料，在深海环境中暴露10多个月后，发现其保存状态惊人地良好。后续实验证实了这一观察结果，并表明在可比温度下，深海中微生物降解的速度比对照环境中慢10至100倍。
