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Has anyone made it to the bottom of the ocean?
2019: Victor Vescovo reached a deeper part of Challenger Deep at 35,853 feet, breaking the record for the deepest dive in DSV Limiting Factor. His dive was part of the Five Deeps Expedition to reach the bottom of every ocean on Earth.
What’s the deepest humans have gone in the ocean?
Vescovo’s trip to the Challenger Deep, at the southern end of the Pacific Ocean’s Mariana Trench, back in May, was said to be the deepest manned sea dive ever recorded, at 10,927 meters (35,853 feet).
What did scientists find in the Mariana Trench?
The organisms discovered in the Mariana Trench include bacteria, crustaceans, sea cucumbers, octopuses and fishes. In 2014, the deepest living fish, at the depth of 8000 meters, Mariana snailfish was discovered near Guam.
How can there be life in the Mariana Trench?
The water pressure at Challenger Deep is an astounding 1,000 times greater than the pressure at sea level. Yet despite the crushing pressure, frigid cold, and eternal darkness, life manages to exist. Wikimedia Commons Hydrothermal vents like these line the floor of the Mariana Trench.
What is the deepest trench in the world?
Wikimedia Commons The Mariana Trench is the deepest trench in the world and Challenger Deep is the deepest part of that trench. This area of the ocean floor more closely resembles something from a science fiction novel rather than any other landscape on Earth.
Do sea cucumbers live in the Mariana Trench?
Sea cucumbers and other microorganisms have been found in other parts of the Mariana Trench, where they are able to subsist off of the methane and sulfur from the vents on the ocean floor. Recent data does show that some microorganisms have been shown to live at Challenger Deep. A History Of Explorations
How much would it cost to build an underwater city?
For energy, the 5,000 undersea dwellers could generate thermal power using the difference between surface water and deep-sea temperature. According to Shimizu Corporation, building the Ocean Spiral City could cost up to $26 Billion. Can A City Be Built Underwater?