PRESSURISED: 002 – Exploring the Mariana Trench with Don Walsh

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https://www.armatusoceanic.com/podcast/002-exploring-the-mariana-trench-guest-don-walsh

In this episode we have an amazing interview with legendary oceanographer, Don Walsh. In 1960, Don and Jacques Piccard were the first people ever to reach the ocean’s deepest point – Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench in the bathyscaphe Trieste. Since then, Don tends to get asked the same questions about the dive but he is full of other stories at least as interesting. Some include getting a tour of the heavens from his old dive buddy Arthur C. Clark, almost joining the Apollo Program and being involved in the first remote sensing of our oceans from space. He is still passionate about science communication and we discuss how important storytelling is when sharing science.

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• Apollo programme - A USA space program carried out from 1961 to 1972 by NASA which landed the first astronauts on the Moon


• Arthur C. Clarke - An English science-fiction writer, inventor and undersea explorer. He co-wrote the screenplay for the 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey, widely regarded as one of the most influential films of all time.


• Bathyscaphe - A bathyscaphe is a self-propelled vehicle used for deep-sea dives.


• Challenger Deep - The deepest known point on Earth (10,935m / 35,876 ft deep).


• Mariana Trench - The deepest known underwater trench on Earth, located in the Pacific Ocean.

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