Tag: Mariana Trench

• Monday, November 23rd 2020 - 18:25 UTC

  Chinese submersible exploring the Mariana Trench, the deepest valley on the planet

  

  China live-streamed footage of its new manned submersible parked at the bottom of the Mariana Trench on Friday, part of a historic mission into the deepest underwater valley on the planet.

• Monday, December 16th 2019 - 09:22 UTC

  Antarctica seabed survey identifies the deepest point on earth

  

  A group of glaciologists discovered the deepest point on land under an Antarctic glacier. Among other findings of BedMachine Antarctica, a mapping project for the white continent, glaciologists said one of the most striking ones was finding “the world’s deepest land canyon below Denman Glacier in East Antarctica.”

• Tuesday, June 5th 2012 - 02:54 UTC

  China attempting to beat deepest manned submersible dive record (7.000 metres)

  

  An oceanographic ship carrying China's manned deep-sea submersible, Jiaolong, left the eastern port city of Jiangyin on June 3 for the Mariana Trench to attempt the world's deepest manned submersible dive.

• Monday, March 26th 2012 - 09:13 UTC

  Cameron and his “Deepsea Challenger” reach the deepest place in the ocean: 11km

  

  Hollywood director James Cameron has plunged nearly 11km down to the deepest place in the ocean, the Mariana Trench in the western Pacific. He made the descent alone in a prototype submarine called “Deepsea Challenger”, taking around two hours to reach the bottom.