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YOUR GOAL
Master of The Mariana Trench
artiteacher The Mariana Trench
Deep, so deep / Deep, so deep / Everest sleeps beneath
artiteacher Two brave explorers made the first manned descent to the bottom in 1960.
artiteacher Trace the ocean's deepest path to discover how life survives in the Mariana Trench.
Trench depth: If Mount Everest were placed in the Mariana Trench, its peak would still be submerged under more than one mile of water.
A system that uses transmitted and reflected sound waves to detect and locate submerged objects or measure water depth. In 1951, scientists aboard the HMS Challenger II used this technology to measure the trench's depth.
In what year did Jacques Piccard and Don Walsh make their historic dive to the bottom of the Mariana Trench?
What was the name of the bathyscaphe vessel used in the 1960 descent of the Mariana Trench?
How long did it take the bathyscaphe Trieste to descend to the bottom of the Mariana Trench in 1960?