James Cameron Ocean Floor

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.

James cameron ocean floor.

On 23 february 2012 just off new britain island cameron successfully took the submersible to the ocean floor at 991 m 3 251 ft where it made a rendezvous with a yellow remote operated vehicle operated from a ship above. On march 25 2012 he took the submersible deepsea challenger and descended for over two hours into the cold darkness. 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. March 26 2012 in 1997 james cameron famously sent the rms titanic to the ocean floor.

Cbs ap director james cameron has gone were no man has gone before. 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. 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.

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. Cameron decided to embark on the greatest challenge of his life by making a solo dive to the challenger deep in the mariana trench. And he lived to tell about it.

He reached a depth of 6 78 miles 10 91 km and became the first person to make a solo dive to this spot. Located in the pacific ocean it is the deepest place on earth. Late sunday partnering organization national geographic announced his ocean submersible.