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November 1st 2008 brought Swiss Oceanographer/Engineer Jacques Piccard to an eternal depth. At 86 years old Jacques, was one of the two people to achieve in 1960, a successful descent to 35,797 ft aboard his bathyscaphe funded by the US navy, submarine. Lt. Don Walsh and himself landed after a 5 hours descent on  the deepest point of the world’s oceans, the Challenger Deep,in  the Mariana Trench  located in the North Pacific Ocean. Jacques left  behind an inestimable legacy to future generations of oceanographers and engineers.  

Tags: Bathyscaphe, In memoriam, Jacuqes Piccard, lunosapien

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