5 vidéos de James Cameron, réalisateur et aventurier des abysses - Le Nouvel Observateur James Cameron est devenu, lundi 26 mars, le premier homme à explorer seul la fosse Marianne, dans l’océan Pacifique à 10.898 mètres de profondeur, le plus profond de la croûte terrestre. L'expédition baptisée "Deepsea Challenge" fera l'objet d'un documentaire en relief qui sera proposé au cinéma et à la télévision sur la chaîne "National Geographic". Cameron est un avide explorateur des fonds marins. Il a d'ailleurs reçu un doctorat honorifique pour les contributions qu'il a apporté aux techniques de tournage sous-marines. Le projet "Deepsea Challenge" a aussi une dimension scientifique avec la récupération d'échantillons sous-marins, une première mondiale à cette profondeur. 2002 - "Opération Bismarck" En 2002, Cameron a fondé une maison de production "Earthship Productions", une société créée pour ses documentaires océanographiques. 2003 - "Les fantômes du Titanic" 2005 - "Aliens of the deep" Fayçal Radhi - Le Nouvel Observateur
Information about Australia's coast, including its estuaries and coastal waterways and climate change impact James Cameron reaches Mariana Trench floor The Deepsea Challenger is pictured being tested in Australian waters on 9 March 2012. Explorer and filmmaker James Cameron piloted this submersible to the bottom of the Mariana Trench. Credit: Mark Thiessen / DEEPSEA CHALLENGE WASHINGTON: Titanic director James Cameron has reached the deepest part of the Pacific Ocean as part of his underwater solo submarine mission. The Canadian explorer and filmmaker reached a depth of 10,898m in his specially designed submersible, according to mission partner National Geographic. Cameron left the tiny atoll of Ulithi in the Caroline Islands of the western Pacific Ocean on Saturday for the mission. A vertical torpedo The submersible that Cameron designed, a ‘vertical torpedo’ of sorts, already successfully completed an unpiloted dive on Friday. In 1960, a two-person crew aboard the U.S. The Mariana Trench is located in the western Pacific east of the Philippines and some 200km east of the Mariana Islands.
World Heritage Centre - Damage to Great Barrier Reef assessed; stricter shipping surveillance proposed An inspection team has found the damage resulting from the 3 April grounding of a bulk carrier on the Great Barrier Reef (Australia), a World Heritage site. Initial inspections indicate the impact site covers approximately 2.5 km, and reef scarring and potentially toxic paint residue have been found. The coral and sea bed structure was completely crushed in some areas and approximately three tons of oil were leaked into the sea. Further assessments will be made in the coming days. The inspection team was comprised of staff from the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority and the Queensland Department of Environment and Resource Management. It has since been announced that measures are being taken to improve surveillance of ships sailing through the waters of the Great Barrier Reef. UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova and the Chairman of the World Heritage Committee João Luiz Silva Ferreira urge improved protection against such risks for World Heritage sites.
James Cameron Begins Descent to Ocean's Deepest Point Updated 4:50 p.m. ET, March 25, 2012 After years of preparation and days of uncooperative weather, James Cameron, at approximately 3:15 p.m. If all goes to plan, within two hours of his submersible's launch, the National Geographic explorer and filmmaker should become the first human to reach the Mariana Trench's Challenger Deep alone—and the only one to explore it in depth, in person. Cameron's "vertical torpedo" of a sub, as he calls it, has already made the nearly 7-mile (11-kilometer) trip to Challenger Deep and back, unmanned and unscathed, Cameron told National Geographic News on Friday. "We did some test launches and recoveries, and we did an unpiloted dive of the vehicle," Cameron said in a phone interview Friday. In predawn darkness Monday, local time, Cameron folded himself into the cockpit—a steel sphere as cramped as any Apollo capsule—and the hatch was literally bolted shut. "He's like the early Mercury astronauts. (Video: Cameron Dive First Attempt in Over 50 Years.)
World Heritage Centre - World Heritage Marine Programme Our work in the field Management of World Heritage marine sites is increasingly challenging. Climate change, marine pollution, habitat destruction, overfishing, invasive species all impact effective conservation. See how we support the World Heritage marine sites to ensure effective conservation and sustainable development of these exceptional places. In focus: Banc d’Arguin / Wadden Sea Watch Learn more about our work at Banc d’Arguin 2014 Scale up marine World Heritage activities in the Pacific region 2013Strengthening cooperation with the IMO Forthcoming - Marine World Heritage Best Practices at the World Parks Congress 2014 James Cameron Completes Record-Breaking Mariana Trench Dive Updated 11:40 p.m. ET, March 25, 2012 At noon on Monday, local time, (10 p.m. Sunday ET) James Cameron's "vertical torpedo" sub broke the surface of the western Pacific, carrying the National Geographic explorer and filmmaker back from the Mariana Trench's Challenger Deep—Earth's deepest, and perhaps most alien, realm. The first human to reach the 6.8-mile-deep (11-kilometer-deep) undersea valley solo, Cameron arrived at the bottom with the tech to collect scientific data, specimens, and visions unthinkable in 1960, when the only other manned Challenger Deep dive took place, according to members of the National Geographic expedition. After a faster-than-expected, roughly 70-minute ascent, Cameron's sub, bobbing in the open ocean, was spotted by helicopter and would soon be plucked from the Pacific by a research ship's crane. Expedition member Kevin Hand called the timing of the DEEPSEA CHALLENGER sub's ascent "perfect." (Video: Cameron Dive Is an Exploration First.) "The Ultimate Test"
Ocean Briefing Book Ocean Governance Earth's global commons are those areas that are not under the control of any single nation. They include Antarctica, some air space, and the open ocean. The commons are seen by some as belonging to no one and therefore exploitable by anyone, but by others as belonging to everyone and therefore to be protected for the use of all, including future generations. The ocean commons include only the high seas outside of national jurisdiction (territorial waters are usually up to 20 miles offshore, and Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs), within which certain economic development rights may be declared, may extend 200 miles off a nation's shore). However, as sealife or pollution do not respect legal boundaries, protecting the open ocean from harm requires management of coastal and land-based activities on behalf of the global commons. National governments officially cooperate with one another on environmental conservation through several formal institutions and instruments.