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Jacques Piccard was a Swiss oceanographer and engineer known for developing and piloting deep-diving bathyscaphes. On 23 January 1960, he and United States Navy officer Don Walsh descended in the bathyscaphe Trieste to the Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench, reaching a measured depth commonly rep...
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Challenger Deep descent and deep-sea engineering lineage give very high exploration standing.
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Don Walsh was an American naval officer, oceanographer, and specialist in deep-sea exploration. On 23 January 1960, he and Swiss oceanographer Jacques Piccard descended in the bathyscaphe Trieste to the Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench, reaching the deepest known region of the world's oceans. T...
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First Challenger Deep descent is a landmark; high technical achievement, though public profile lower than Piccard.
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