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James Cameron completes Mariana Trench Dive setting new Record

James Cameron is the first human to reach the 6.8 mile deep (11km) in Mariana Trench

Mar 26 2012, 3:19am CDT | by

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James Cameron complets Mariana Trench Dive setting new Record
 
 

Movie Director James Cameron beat Richard Branson in the Mariana Trench Dive. James Cameron's submarine needed about 2 and half hours to decent to the deepest spot on earth. The Mariana Trench is 6.8...

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First Video of James Cameron's Mariana Trench Dive

National Geographic published the first video of James Cameron's record setting dive to the bottom of the Mariana Trench. Watch the video below.

 
Mar 27 2012, 9:40am CDT
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"The generous donation (by James Cameron) will enable the lander system to be brought back into service, helping us to examine the distribution, characteristics, and adaptations of extremophilic microbes in the trenches ... I am hoping that we can bring back some of the scientists from the DEEPSEA CHALLENGE Expedition for the next deployments and recoveries of this lander, and that we can start off where this expedition ended."


Source: EurekAlert

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James Cameron Describes what he saw on the bottom of the Mariana Trench

James Cameron said "I landed on a very soft, almost gelatinous flat plain. Once I got my bearings, I drove across it for quite a distance ... and finally worked my way up the slope."

The whole time, Cameron said, he didn't see any fish, or any living creatures more than an inch (2.5 centimeters) long: "The only free swimmers I saw were small amphipods"—shrimplike bottom-feeders that appear to be common across most marine environments."

More details on National Geographic.

 
Mar 26 2012, 2:39pm CDT
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James Cameron failed to bring back Sediment Samples from the Mariana Trench Bottom

James Cameron experienced a hydraulic glitch during his record dive to the Mariana Trench bottom. He planned on bringing back rocks and sediment samples from the ocean floor. The hydraulic door of the sample carrier failed to close and he lost most of the samples coming back to the surface. Via Telegraph.

 
Mar 26 2012, 8:27am CDT
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James Cameron completes Mariana Trench Dive setting new Record

Movie Director James Cameron beat Richard Branson in the Mariana Trench Dive. James Cameron's submarine needed about 2 and half hours to decent to the deepest spot on earth. The Mariana Trench is 6.8 miles deep.

Read the full story on The Deepsea Challenge site. The Deepsea challenge is sponsored by National Geographics and James Cameron will later publish his findings of his record breaking dive in the magazine.

 

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