The weeklong weather delay put the expedition on edge. Then on March 20, a potential clearing appeared in the forecast. Captain Buckle set a course for the Challenger Deep, more than 200 miles out ...
The Challenger Expedition of 1872–6 was conceived to examine the deep sea floor worldwide and disprove the theory of a 'dead zone' in the oceans below a certain depth. Using a modified Royal Navy ship ...
Norwegians haul up from the deep a sea lily, a living fossil previously found only in rocks 120 million years old. British ship Challenger sails the globe while lowering dredges and other gear ...
Challenger Deep, in the Mariana Trench, is the deepest point in the ocean known so far ... The trench's depth was first measured during the Challenger expedition in 1875. But it wasn't until the 1950s ...
Recent passengers who've gone down with him to the Challenger Deep include ... given the precarious nature of the expedition. The trench is so deep, it would be possible to fit Mount Everest ...
D'Hist. Nat. Belgique. 12th Ser., 3 (1936). Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. ‘Deep Sea Deposits’ (London, 1891). Hans Pettersson ...
His abilities brought him together with legendary film-maker and deep-sea enthusiast James Cameron ... his early life and how he discovered his passion for the dangerous sport of cave diving. He also ...
During the period Challenger completed the sale of Challenger Bank to Heartland. There have been no other significant changes in the nature of the principal activities of the Group during the period.
Dodge’s pony car, the 1970 Challenger, arrived at the peak of the classic muscle-car era. Closely related to the 1970 Plymouth Barracuda, the Challenger was offered as a coupe or convertible and ...