Bruce Strickrott: 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 400 dives in Alvin, and has participated in over 142 scientific research expeditions. In 2021 Bruce directed completion of a...