Challenger Deep Floor

Introduction the deep sea floor lies between the shelf break c 200 m depth and the bottom of the challenger deep c 11 000 m depth.

Challenger deep floor.

Also in contrast to the previous manned expedition to challenger deep cameron s vessel was equipped with arms to take samples from the ocean floor as well as 3 d video cameras. Built in sydney australia by the research and design company acheron project pty ltd. Deepsea challenger dcv 1 is a 7 3 metre 24 ft deep diving submersible designed to reach the bottom of challenger deep the deepest known point on earth on 26 march 2012 canadian film director james cameron piloted the craft to accomplish this goal in the second manned dive reaching the challenger deep. The floor of the ocean where they descended to was 35 838 feet deep.

He recorded his trip in 3 d. It took 7 years of preparation for his dive. The challenger deep consists of three basins each 6 to 10 km 3 7 to 6 2 mi long 2 km 1 2 mi wide and over 10 850 m 35 597 ft in depth oriented in echelon from west to east separated by. Learn more about the mariana trench and challenger deep located on the pacific floor.

James cameron s solo dive james cameron in a solo dive went to the floor of the challenger deep. The challenger deep in the mariana trench is the deepest point in the ocean. It was on march 27 2012. It covers more than 300 106 km2 and constitutes c 63 of.

Challenger deep has been sounded multiple times to get a precise depth. Unlike his predecessors it only took the director about two and a half hours to descend the nearly seven miles to challenger deep.