It's been one year since director/deep-sea explorer James Cameron explored the lowest point on Earth, the Mariana Trench's Challenger Deep, and now, he's donating the $10 million submarine that took him there.
pastemagazine.com (1 month and 23 days ago)

By Jennifer FrazerThe deepest, darkest, scariest place on the maps I loved pondering as a child was a crescent-shaped canyon in the western Pacific Ocean. It was called the Mariana Trench, and at the very, very bottom was the lowest point on Earth’s surface, the Challenger Deep. Its floor was seven terrifying miles down. What was down there? It was fun to imagine. I didn’t...
huffingtonpost.com (1 month and 4 days ago)

Cameron last year became the first to descend the 10.9km down into the Mariana Trench in the western Pacific Ocean, for 50 years - and the only person to have ever done it alone.
dailymail.co.uk (1 month and 24 days ago)
FALMOUTH, Mass. — Marine scientists on Cape Cod are teaming with filmmaker and explorer James Cameron to advance deep sea research.Cameron announced Tuesday that he's giving his Deepsea Challenger sub to Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution as part of a partnership to speed up ocean research and discovery.The announcement comes on the one-year anniversary of Cameron's record...
bostonherald.com (1 month and 25 days ago)
One year ago today, Oscar-winning filmmaker James Cameron dove to one of the deepest spots in the Earth's ocean - and what he found could be a "blockbuster" for science. Bill Whitaker spoke with Cameron about his find.
cbsnews.com (1 month and 24 days ago)
Microbes are thriving in surprising numbers at the deepest spot in the oceans, the 11,000-metre (36,000 ft) Mariana Trench in the Pacific
indiatimes.com (2 months and 4 days ago)
OSLO (Reuters) - Microbes are thriving in surprising numbers at the deepest spot in the oceans, the 11,000-metre (36,000 ft) Mariana Trench in the Pacific, despite crushing pressures in sunless waters, scientists said.
reuters.com (2 months and 5 days ago)

The deepest oceanic trench on Earth is home to a surprisingly active community of bacteria, suggesting other trenches may be hotspots of microbial life.
discovery.com (2 months and 3 days ago)

Director and ocean explorer James Cameron announced today on the one-year anniversary of his solo dive to the the bottom of the Marianas Trench, that he is donating his submersible Deepsea Challenger to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. ->
discovery.com (1 month and 24 days ago)
(Reuters) - Film director James Cameron is donating the Deepsea Challenger craft he used to make a record-setting solo dive a year ago to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution to speed research into the deepest parts of the world's oceans.
reuters.com (1 month and 24 days ago)
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