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.
James cameron ocean floor.
On 28 february 2012 during a seven hour dive cameron spent six hours in the submersible at a depth of 3 700 m 12 100 ft.
Cameron was alone in a 25 foot tall torpedo shaped submarine called the deepsea challenger which took him to the bottom of the mariana trench the lowest part of the ocean floor.
The filmmaker journeyed inside a steel sphere encased in foam dubbed the deepsea challenger built to withstand the crushing pressures below the ocean s surface.
Now he has made an even deeper trip himself.
On march 25 2012 he took the submersible deepsea challenger and descended for over two hours into the cold darkness.
And he lived to tell about it.
March 26 2012 in 1997 james cameron famously sent the rms titanic to the ocean floor.
He reached a depth of 6 78 miles 10 91 km and became the first person to make a solo dive to this spot.
Late sunday partnering organization national geographic announced his ocean submersible.
Cameron has visited the wreck 33 times and said he has seen zero human remains during his explorations.
James cameron who directed the hit film titanic and has performed extensive research disagrees that there are bodies on the ocean floor.
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To the deepest depths of the ocean.
Cbs ap director james cameron has gone were no man has gone before.
In a submersible called the deepsea challenger he descended to the bottom of the mariana trench seven miles beneath the western pacific ocean deeper than mt.