Photographs of Human Remains and the Fight Over What Remains of the Titanic

Very few of the bodies of the 1514 passengers and crews who died on the Titanic were ever recovered.  Recently released photographs, which raise the question of whether or not here are human remains at the wreck site, have become central to a … Continue reading

What to See at the Bottom of the Sea – the Barren, Desolate Lunar Plain of the Challenger Deep

On January 23, 1960, Jacques Piccard  and USN Lieutenant Don Walsh spent twenty minutes at the bottom at Challenger Deep in the  bathyscaphe Trieste.  Unfortunately, their landing on the sea bed stirred up a cloud of silt which reduced visibility to zero, and they … Continue reading

Return to the Mariana Trench – Teams Racing to Dive 6 NM Down

Fifty two years ago, U.S. Navy Lieutenant Don Walsh and oceanographer Jacques Piccard dove to the bottom of the Mariana Trench in the bathyscaphe Trieste. They were the first, and so far, the only humans to have ventured to the deepest … Continue reading