James Cameron traveled in a submersible called Deepsea Challenger, descending to the bottom of the Mariana Trench. The Trench is seven miles beneath the western Pacific Ocean, other explorers have tried to reach the bottom but some have lost their lives. Cameron made it to the bottom and back, and he plans to go back down again. What I find interesting about this type of submarine is that it shrinks as you go down. I never knew that they can make a submarines can do that. Also I was amazed to see the map of how deep this trench goes. If you take Mt. Everest and flip it upside down, that is how deep this trench goes. I can't even swim to the bottom of the deep end of the pool with my ears hurting me. If I went that far down, I will lose my hearing, I am too young to lose my hearing.
What Cameron saw when he reached the bottom was no life at all. He was sent down their to video record life and any other information of the bottom of the Mariana Trench for 6 hours. But only stayed their for three because of an oil spill (I think it was from his submarine), and made it back to the surface in 70 min. It is no wonder why he is planning to go back, once they fix the problem he will go back and try to discover something new to bring to the world to see. He always does, it is in his nature as an explored. And I bet that in a few years he will make a movie based on this experience, or a IMAX documentary as he has done with his trip to the Titanic.
All I can say is that I wish I could see what he see, to have a job like he does and explore the world. I do hope that in his next trip down to this trench, that he does discover's something and for his safe return. There are lots of video links to this article, and all of them were very informative. I recommend watching them to see the stuff Cameron did record.
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/james-cameron-dives-floor-mariana-trench-deeper-everest/story?id=16003655#.T3pz53NuHrU
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