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Don Walsh (November 2, 1931 – November 12, 2023) was an American oceanographer, U.S. Navy officer, and marine policy specialist. While aboard the bathyscaphe Trieste, he and Jacques Piccard made a record maximum descent in the Challenger Deep on January 23, 1960, to 35,813 feet (10,916 m).
Nov 18, 2023 · Don Walsh, a pioneering U.S. Navy explorer who, along with the scientist Jacques Piccard, broke the record for human deep submergence by descending nearly seven miles to the ocean’s deepest spot,...
Nov 19, 2023 · Ocean explorer Captain Don Walsh has died at the age of 92. More than 60 years ago he made the first ever descent to the deepest place in the ocean, the Mariana Trench which lies almost 11km ...
Unsinkable Don Walsh. Don Walsh reached the deepest known part of the ocean in 1960, and then helped James Cameron reach the same place in 2012.
Nov 20, 2023 · Retired Navy Capt. Don Walsh, an explorer who in 1960 was part of a two-man crew that made the first voyage to the deepest part of the ocean — to the “snuff-colored ooze” at the bottom of the Pacific’s Mariana Trench — has died. He was 92.
Nov 19, 2023 · Ocean explorer Captain Don Walsh has died at the age of 92. More than 60 years ago he made the first ever descent to the deepest place in the ocean, the Mariana Trench which lies almost 11km ...
Nov 13, 2023 · Retired Navy Capt. Don Walsh, a deep-sea submarine officer, oceanographer and renowned explorer who was one of the first to dive to the deepest depths of Earth’s oceans, passed away Sunday, USNI News has confirmed. He was 92.
Nov 17, 2023 · Navy Lt. Don Walsh, foreground, and Swiss oceanographer Jacques Piccard during their mission in January 1960 to the Challenger Deep in the Pacific, about 35,800 feet below the surface. Lt....
Nov 22, 2023 · Retired Navy Capt. Don Walsh, a Naval Academy graduate and explorer who in 1960 was part of a two-man crew that made the first voyage to the deepest part of the ocean — to the “snuff-colored...
Nov 21, 2023 · Retired Navy Capt. Don Walsh, an explorer who in 1960 was part of a two-man crew that made the first voyage to the deepest part of the ocean -- to the "snuff-colored ooze" at the bottom of the...
