Don Walsh: A Final Interview
David Helvarg, Blue Frontier’s executive director, shares his interview with his late friend Don Walsh, the oceanographer and explorer who was part of the historic 1960 Challenger Deep dive.
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First Woman to Reach Challenger Deep
Astronaut and oceanographer Dr. Kathy Sullivan, 68, has become both the first American woman to walk in space and the first woman to reach the deepest part of the ocean, Challenger Deep. EYOS Expeditions coordinated the 35,810-ft. dive mission. Sullivan and Victor L. Vescovo, an explorer who funded the mission, spent about an hour and a half at Challenger Deep.
Read more60th Anniversary of Deepest Ocean Dive
Plunging into the deep, dark abyss of the Pacific Ocean’s Mariana Trench, U.S. Navy Lt. Don Walsh and Swiss engineer Jacques Piccard heard a loud cracking sound in their vessel—the bathyscaphe Trieste, which the Office of Naval Research (ONR) purchased for scientific observations. Already 30,000 ft. below sea level, Walsh and Piccard faced the ultimate decision—risk their lives to become
Read moreDeepwater Lamps Installed on Triton Subs for Manned Seafloor Expedition
Teledyne Bowtech has supplied modified LED-V series deep water lamps for installation on board Triton submarines for the Five Deeps Expedition, a collaboration between investor and explorer Victor Vescovo of Caladan Oceanic, Triton Submarines and EYOS Expeditions. After three years of intensive efforts from some of the world’s leading oceanographers, submarine engineers and scientists, the Five Deeps Expedition is launching
Read moreManned Submersible Expedition will Film Documentary in Deep Ocean Trenches
An expedition is planning to dive into five of the deepest trenches in the ocean to document unknown parts of the seafloor using a two-passenger submersible vehicle designed specifically for deep sea diving. The Five Deeps Expedition will use a specialized Triton submarine vessel named Limiting Factor that is designed for diving to extreme depths and lists a purchase price
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