GEOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -On 26 March 2012, Cameron reached the bottom of the Challenger Deep, the deepest part of the Mariana Trench. The maximum depth recorded during this record-setting dive was 10, 908 metres (35, 787 ft). Measured by Cameron, at the moment of touchdown, the depth was 10, 898 m (35, 756 ft).

Detailed explanation-2: -On March 26, 2012, National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence James Cameron made history by becoming the first person to make a solo dive to the deepest known part of the ocean, the Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench, nearly 11 kilometers (7 miles) below the water’s surface.

Detailed explanation-3: -On March 26, 2012, James Cameron successfully piloted the DEEPSEA CHALLENGER-outfitted for scientific exploration-to the ocean’s deepest point, where he collected samples and documented the experience in the high-resolution 3-D for which he’s known globally.