An Interview with Jacques Piccard, 1922-2008 [Photo via AP] I'm saddened to read that Jacques Piccard died today. Jacques Piccard was a Swiss oceanic engineer famous for making the deepest ever ocean dive, which he accomplished on January 23, 1960 along with Lt. Don Walsh. The two entered a bathyscaph called Trieste and descended 10,916 meters (35,810 feet) into the Challenger Deep, an area in the Pacific Ocean's Mariana Trench, touching down on the deepest part of the ocean anywhere on earth. That's quite an accomplishment, and one that hasn't yet been repeated. I had the good fortune to interview Mr. Please read and enjoy it. Interview with Jacques Piccard Okay, yeah, sure Okay, please you will excuse me but my English is relatively poor. Our base was in . And until we could arrive to the place, precise place of the Mariana Trench where we were to descend, to dive, we had about four days to tow the submarine with a tugboat and the sea was pretty rough, and it was not a very nice trip. So it was interesting to see but nothing special.
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