Nearly two years ago, I recorded an episode of TechStuff with Chris Pollette about deep sea explorations (you can click this link to listen to it). We talked about the barriers to deep sea exploration and the technology needed to overcome those barriers. We also talked a bit about James Cameron, award-winning filmmaker and a man who is intensely fascinated by the underwater world.
Today, I saw in Scientific American that James Cameron is donating his submarine, the Deepsea Challenger, to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute. Cameron says he hopes scientists and engineers will adapt the technology he used to explore the deepest point of the ocean — the Mariana Trench — so that we can learn more about a very mysterious part of our planet. It’s pretty exciting stuff.
I find it inspiring that Cameron would dedicate so much of his own money, time and resources into furthering our understanding of the deep sea. I can’t wait to learn more about the creatures that exist down there.
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