James Cameron surfaces from deepest dive

Name: James Cameron surfaces from deepest dive
Uploaded: 2012-03-26T10:17:54.000Z
Duration: 1 min 18 s
Description: Hollywood director James Cameron has returned to the surface after plunging nearly 11km (seven miles) down to the deepest place in the ocean, the Mariana Trench in the western Pacific.

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Hollywood director James Cameron has returned to the surface after plunging nearly 11km (seven miles) down to the deepest place in the ocean, the Mariana Trench in the western Pacific.

He made the solo descent in a submarine called "Deepsea Challenger", taking over two hours to reach the bottom.

Pictures courtesy National Geographic

Science & Environment

26 March 2012