Deepsea Challenger

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by PeterSymonds (talk | contribs) at 20:21, 10 March 2012 (restore). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

File:Deepsea Challenger and creator.jpg
Deepsea Challenger and creator James Cameron

Deepsea Challenger - is a 24 foot deep submersible created by James Cameron. It was secretly built in Australia. Cameron's goal is to dive to the deepest point on earth Challenger Deep [1]

Records

On March 7, 2012 Cameron made a record breaking dive in the Challenger to a depth of five miles, beating the record held by Japanese vehicles by a mile.[2]

Further reading

See also

References

  1. ^ Nathan Ingraham (March 9, 2012). "James Cameron and his Deepsea Challenger submarine". www.theverge.com. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
  2. ^ William J. Broad (March 8, 2012). "Miles Under the Pacific". The New York Times. Retrieved 10 March 2012.