James Cameron returns to the ocean’s surface after journey to Earth’s deepest point
Posted March 26, 2012 4:55 am.
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HONOLULU – Canadian director, James Cameron, has resurfaced after making a trip to the Earth’s deepest point.
The director of “Titanic” and other films used a specially designed submarine called “Deepsea Challenger” to dive nearly 11 kilometres, something only done by two men before him.
He completed his deep dive early Monday local time, according to Stephanie Montgomery of the National Geographic Society.
The director spent time exploring and filming the Mariana Trench, about 320 kilometres southwest of the Pacific island of Guam.
Swiss engineer Jacques Piccard and Don Walsh, a U.S. navy captain, are the only others to reach the spot.
They spent about 20 minutes there during their 1960 dive but couldn’t see much after their sub kicked up sand from the sea floor.
