DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — A Dallas man has set a new record for deep ocean diving in a submarine. Victor Vescovo took a submersible sub 35,853 feet, more than seven miles, to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean’s Challenger Deep, the deepest known point in Earth’s oceans.
Vescovo has spent years diving to the deepest points in each of Earth’s five oceans. On April 28 he was able to spend four hours in the Mariana Trench, the deepest known point on the planet. The Dallas Morning News reports the last human to venture to the bottom of the Deep was Canadian filmmaker James Cameron, who reached a depth of 35,756 feet in 2012.
While prowling the bottom of the Deep Vescovo made several surprising discoveries including some shell-less prawn-like crustaceans and human trash: wrappers and a plastic bag.
The Discovery Channel is working on a documentary about Vescovo’s deep water explorations expected to be shown later this year.
