Movie director James Cameron descended to the Pacific Ocean?s Mariana Trench, more than 35,000 feet down, in the submersible Deepsea Challenger. NBC?s Mike Taibbi reports.
>>> the film director james cameron of titanic fame is famous for his epic movies . he's also a real-life adventurer, and today, he completed a big one. the first solo trip to the deepest part of the ocean, almost seven miles down below the surface of the pacific. his story from mike taibbi .
>> for the 57-year-old director, his ride for the trip was a lime green custom designed one man subhe called his vertical torpedo. able to withstand an incredible eight tons of pressure per square inch . it took him to the marianna trench. the very bottom of the pacific ocean floor, some 200 miles west of guam. for cameron and the national geographic society , it was a journey into one of the planet's enduring mysteries.
>> jacques cousteau used to say, if we knew what was there, we wouldn't have to go.
>> he nor his cameras saw any signs of life .
>> my feeling was one of complete isolation from all life.
>> starting with the abyss about a dive team's rescue of a disabled nuclear sub and through titanic and then avatar, he's indulged in an unlimited curiosity. he was thrilled to be the first to make the trip solely. in 1960 , a two-man team in a more primitive navvy sub had done so. and since he had already made over 70 descents in subs, he didn't need to parrot a line from one of his famous movies --
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