Mariana Trench: Some facts about James Cameron’s destination
...Trench, here we come: James Cameron emerges from the Deepsea Challenger after his successful solo dive to the deepest-known point on Earth. The dive was part of DEEPSEA CHALLENGE, a joint scientific expedition by Cameron, the National Geographic Society and...info
Mariana Trench Expedition Peers Deep into Earth
...initial field work for a project aimed at testing this hypothesis. They set out a grid of sensors over a portion of the Mariana Trench to listen for the way sound travels through the underlying rock, which will allow them to construct a kind of CAT scan of...info
‘Titanic’ director completes successful dive to Mariana Trench
...minutes on the bottom, but their view was obscured by silt stirred up when they landed. Because of its extreme depth, the Mariana Trench is cloaked in perpetual darkness and the temperature is just a few degrees above freezing, according to members of the...info
James Cameron back from Mariana Trench
...slides into the hatch of the DEEPSEA CHALLENGER submersible as he prepares for his record dive to the bottom of the Mariana Trench, Sunday, March 25, 2012. The dive was part of DEEPSEA CHALLENGE, a joint scientific expedition by Cameron, the National Geographic...info
Cameron reaches bottom of Mariana Trench
...minutes on the bottom, but their view was obscured by silt stirred up when they landed. Because of its extreme depth, the Mariana Trench is cloaked in perpetual darkness and the temperature is just a few degrees above freezing, according to members of the...info
James Cameron descends the Mariana Trench
...of “are we there yets?†but Cameron is making the voyage by himself. He’s only the third person to make the journey down the Mariana Trench, and the first to do it solo. No one has descended the Mariana Trench since 1960, but it’s looking like Cameron’s just...info
James Cameron dives 7 miles into Mariana Trench
...biology, microbiology, astrobiology, marine geology and geophysics," the Geographic said. He also spent time filming the Mariana Trench, about 200 miles southwest of the Pacific island of Guam. The trip to the deepest point took two hours and 36 minutes. But...info
James Cameron descends to the bottom of the Mariana Trench
...Branson who also has a project to reach the bottom of the Mariana Trench and unveiled his own submersible last year. The Mariana Trench is located off the Philippines and reaches its maximum depth at a point called Challenger Deep. The pressure there is more...info
James Cameron reaches deepest point of Mariana Trench
...Mar 26 (TruthDive): Titanic movie, Hollywood director James Cameron reached the bottom of the Mariana Trench to a depth of 35,756 feet (10,898 meters), of the Pacific Ocean. James Cameron hopes to become the first person to explore the bottom of the Mariana...info
James Cameron completes risky Mariana Trench dive
...James Cameron completed his trek to the Mariana Trench today, resurfacing after reaching a depth of approximately 7 miles under the water's surface. The dive was part of a National Geographic expedition to collect samples from and learn more about the poorly...info