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bathyscaphDeep-sea diving apparatus used for exploration at great depths in the ocean. In 1960, Jacques Piccard and Don Walsh took the bathyscaph Trieste to a depth of 10,917 m/35,820 ft in the Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench off the island of Guam in the Pacific Ocean. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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In 1960, Auguste's son, Jacques, took a super submarine called a bathyscaph (after the Greek for ``deep boat'') to the bottom of the Marianas Trench in the Pacific - the deepest point on the earth's surface. dive in the French Navys Bathyscaph Archimede in the Kurile trench in 1962. |
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