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Deepsea Challenger (DCV 1) is a 7.3-metre (24 ft) deep-diving submersible designed to reach the bottom of the Challenger Deep, the deepest-known point on Earth. On 26 March 2012, Canadian film director James Cameron piloted the craft to accomplish this goal in the second crewed dive reaching the Challenger Deep.
Jun 23, 2023 · Filmmaker and deep-sea explorer James Cameron says he figured soon after learning a Titanic-bound submersible was missing it had imploded and its occupants were dead – days before officials...
Mar 25, 2012 · After a faster-than-expected, roughly 70-minute ascent, Cameron's sub, bobbing in the open ocean, was spotted by helicopter and would soon be plucked from the Pacific by a research ship's...
Mar 27, 2012 · Bullet to the Deep. To get to this point, Cameron and his crew have spent seven years reimagining what a submersible can be. The result is the 24-foot-tall (7-meter-tall) DEEPSEA CHALLENGER.
May 23, 2013 · A winch hoists James Cameron's submersible, the Deepsea Challenger, which he helped design. Courtesy of Mark Thiessen/National Geographic. At nearly seven miles below the water's surface,...
Jun 23, 2023 · When he traveled to the Mariana Trench, considered one of the deepest spots in the Earth’s oceans at almost seven miles below the surface, he did it in a 24-foot submersible vehicle he helped...
Mar 26, 2012 · He made the solo descent in a submarine called Deepsea Challenger, taking over two hours to reach the bottom. He spent more than four hours exploring the ocean floor, before a speedy ascent...
No one had been back since, until March 26, 2012, when James Cameron, a National Geographic explorer-in-residence, made a record-breaking solo dive to the Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench in a custom-built submersible that he co-designed.
Dec 12, 2022 · Pressure: James Cameron Into the Abyss celebrates the 10th Anniversary of his groundbreaking expedition and provides an intimate experience of the process and journey. Immerse yourself in the submersible that reached the deepest parts of our planet.
Mar 26, 2012 · March 25, 2012. James Cameron, the filmmaker whose credits include “Avatar” and “Titanic,” plunged on Sunday in a minisubmarine of his own design to the bottom of the planet’s deepest recess,...
