Once the DSV Alvin is back on the deck in the R/V Atlantis,
the bio boxes containing coral and other biological samples
are removed from the sub and taken into the cold room.
Here we are using sterile scissors to remove segments of a Paragorgia,
or bubblegum coral, for storage and processing.
Individual samples are put into labeled jars
and taken either to the deep freeze,
where they are stored at -80 degrees Celsius,
or to the fume hood,
where they are stored in ethanol or formalin for later sample processing.