One year ago, James Cameron was diving to the depths of Mariana Trench, piloting his submersible to the bottom of the Challenger Deep. The filmmaker and adventurer broke the solo dive record as his Deepsea Challenger vehicle reached more than 35,000 feet below the ocean surface, surviving the crushing depths. Now, the vessel has a new home.
Cameron, a PM Breakthrough Leadership Award Winner for his focus on new tech and exploration, said today that he would give the Deepsea Challenger to Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts, one of the top ocean research stations in the country, in June. Woods Hole was home to Alvin, for example, the submersible used to explore the Titanic wreckage, helping to inspire Cameron's 1997 blockbuster.
Scientists at Woods Hole don't plan to take the Challenger out on a set of deep-sea missions. Instead, the tech of Cameron's home-built sub?including its hull design and batteries?will inspire advances in the lab's submersibles. Cameron will become an official adviser to Woods Hole, though, and the institute will keep the Challenger in operational readiness in case there is enough money and interest for future missions.
Deepsea Challenger submersible system and science platform, sketch by Jim Cameron, Nov. 2003.
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