Ocean's deepest point conquered - Guinness World Records

dwell on this we know more about the surface of mars than we do the bottom of earth's oceans nowhere is that ignorance more profound than our knowledge of the deepest points in the sea these vast marine trenches the domain of bizarre alien-like forms receive no sunlight hover just a couple of degrees above zero and endure crushing levels of pressure in excess of 1 000 times more powerful than at sea level the most extreme of these is the challenger deep if we were able to pick up mount everest and relocate it to the seafloor of the challenger deep there would still be a whole two kilometers of water between the summit and the ocean surface for most of human existence these places have been out of reach but now that is changing [Music] hi i'm victor vescovo and i'm an ocean explorer but to go to the bottom of the ocean and set a record you need a lot of resources and that's why we're here today is to walk through what you actually need well to go to the bottom of the ocean the first thing you need is actually a support vessel to carry everyone and everything and this is the dssv pressure drop which stands for deep submergent support vessel pressure drop and i name the ship all and the submarine after characters from science fiction novels that i enjoy and the first thing you'll notice on the back deck are these landers which go down with me to the bottom of the ocean they act as navigation aids they have boxes i can put things in like rocks i can collect soil samples they have navigation beacons that tell me where they are and they each have their own personality flare is a little bit whimsical but he usually does his job pretty well klosp is old reliable he does exactly what he's supposed to do when he's supposed to do it and then there's scaff scaff is the one that has a mind of his own he's the one that actually set the depth record with me down at the bottom of the challenger deep and then he decided he didn't want to come up so he actually got stuck on the bottom of the world and two days later we had to go back and actually dislodge him and he finally came back up so he's our little bad boy but he's still a great asset to have down there so to get to the bottom of the ocean you need some company and these guys keep me safe and help me know where i am so if you're going to go to the bottom of the ocean the most important thing that you need is a deep diving submersible and this is the most advanced deepest diving submersible currently on the planet the dsp limiting factor which is rated to unlimited ocean depth look at that do you see that yeah how it like looked like a wave coming in yep you see it shimmering there yeah let's see we just dipped in the brine pool who's done that this looks pretty recognizable as a manipulator arm that we're able to use to collect rocks and other samples from the seafloor and these are the three viewports full ocean depth submersibles before this one only had one we have three and you can see how thick they are to withstand all the pressure 16 000 pounds per square inch at the bottom of the ocean and you can see the lights that we use to see underwater because after a thousand meters there's no light at all so we have to bring these with us so we can see there are cameras all around and then around the back side you can see how streamlined the submarine is it's designed to actually go as fast as possible up and down in the water not side to side like most ships that's why it has this unusual shape and here you can see the curvature of the titanium sphere that's inside this shell that actually holds the two people in 90 millimeters of titanium some more lights and that's about it it's about 12 feet tall 12 tons and uh cost a lot but it's worth it it's the most advanced diving submersible in the world as you go around the world and you're diving into these very deep places it's not just about trying to set records it's actually about doing real science and this is what we call our wet lab where when we collect samples from the bottom of the ocean we bring them back up and we can actually analyze them here and we can store them in these specialized freezers and we collected over 40 new species on the one year expedition that we had and so we'll be adding a lot of scientific data to the community that didn't exist before another key thing that you need to try and dive to the bottom of all five of the world's oceans is a sonar mapping system and what we have onboard the pressure drop is the most advanced deep water sonar currently in operation in the world but you also just as importantly need a brilliant operator that can actually use the machinery and this is cassie bon giovanni say hello to everyone cassie and she is probably mapped in an area the size of italy for the first time in the world over the last year and as you can see on our monitors we have some other things this is where we dove just yesterday the deepest point in the mediterranean sea the calypso deep and then in the center here was actually where we drove 10 months ago this is the challenger deep the deepest point in the ocean two eight meters at bottom repeat at bottom thank you congratulations to you all you all made this happen and it has three pools and this is the deepest one we're pretty sure the eastern pool and this is where the uh record was sent in 1960 the trieste dove over here james cameron dove here in 2012 and we go there in 2019 and we're going back this year and hopefully dive it all three pools a total of eight times now this is probably the brain of the ship this is the control room and this is where we actually monitor the submarine during all of its operations we can actually map where the sub is on the sub-floor our communications area where we're actually talking to the submarine when it's at depth and this is where we actually plan all of our missions so this has seen an enormous amount of activity over the last year across all over the world and then we'll head down to the main part of the ship but before that actually it's a tradition here on the ship that whenever we do a major dive we actually use it just like a kid will measure how tall they're getting we go the opposite way we measure how far we've come down so this is sea level right here and this is proportional the very bottom of the ocean is actually down here on the floor and all these other depths are where we dove over the last year and we just dove to the bottom of the mediterranean sea so we actually forgot to put that on yet so i'll do that right now so i'm gonna mark that down here and that's called the calypso deep five thousand one hundred nine meters and that was myself as the pilot and uh here we are walking through the main passageway of the pressure drop and we pass every day this map of the world and people are constantly referring to where we went we went over 55 000 miles during our journey on the ship and you can see all the different trenches we went as far as the malloy deep off of svalbard we went to the puerto rican trench here we went all the way down to the south sandwich trench down here off antarctica we then crossed the ocean and went to the java trench here we went to the challenger deep in the mariana trench here down to the tonga trench here and then we went back around the world and we actually dove on the titanic off the coast of newfoundland so the ship literally went around the world to do this five deeps expedition it was an extraordinary event here we are walking down the corridor of the pressure drop a former u.s military vessel that actually was used to hunt submarines in the cold war it can hold up to 49 people and it can uh have endurance of up to two months at sea so it was just perfectly suited for our use because it was so quiet it used to hunt submarines and now it talks to them and so it's a wonderful example of swords into plowshares and here we are in the crew lounge of the pressure drop this is where people relax we actually had prince albert of monaco in here last night on my birthday toasting our dive to the bottom of the mediterranean and we watch movies here as well and you can see the posters all around they're all sub themed whether from my station zebra to dos boot of course and wonderful movie the abyss which uh i feel like i've kind of lived in many ways here we're on the lower deck and here's a typical example of a bunk room the ship can hold up to 49 people and typically people have two person to a room they have their own facilities to use they have television screens to watch movies on board and pretty comfortable ship it's not a luxury liner by any means but it certainly allows us to go where we need to go anywhere in the world to dive and some people are curious where i live when i'm on the ship so this is my cabin it's one of the roomier cabins so i actually have my office while i'm at sea i have full telecommunications capability so i can talk to the shore do board meetings answer email and then this is where i sleep and i've got an entertainment center as well my bookshelf which i use a lot because i like to read in my own bathroom so it's a small but it's very very comfortable and allows me to spend many weeks at sea doing what we do so if the control room is the brain of the ship the galley where we all eat and socialize is the heart of the ship over here is actually where i make my lunch when i go on a deep dive i have a tradition now where i actually eat a tuna fish sandwich so i crack open a can of tuna and by myself i just make my own sandwich so i know i like it and get what i need to go put it in my bag and i take it down to the bottom of the ocean with me and eat it there and we continue the theme of having sub-related movies on the walls and the most important piece of equipment maybe on this ship other than the sub is probably the coffee machine so we've gone through three of these but this is what really keeps people alert and happy always have good coffee on a ship and now we're on one of the lowest decks of the ship this is actually the engine control room as you can see from all the controls on the walls these are the four engines one two three four they're running all the time all right and here we are coming up to the bridge of the ship where we control all the movements obviously so we have all the navigation equipment the power thrusters our mapping suite some of our wonderful crew that get it safely from point a to point b and uh yeah this is what comes and picks me up when i'm in the water come up from a dive and here we are on top of the hangar sub is uh below me in the hangar and you've noticed i've changed my clothing i'm now in my flight suit as they call it it's nomex and fire retardant not that i ever believe will have a fire in the sub but it's kind of a requirement that we wear something like this plus it makes it easier to move around so we're coming into the top so i'll open the hatch and we'll climb in here we are climbing into the trunk of the lf so you have to descend to get into the titanium ball at the bottom it's a little bit of a tight squeeze but manageable gets well this is the dsv limiting factor currently the most advanced deep diving submersible in the world it's a 90 millimeters of titanium thick that can withstand easily sixteen thousand pounds per square inch of pressure at the bottom of the sea floor you see all these oxygen tanks give us four days of oxygen supply which is a regulatory requirement the entire thing is electrically powered and you can see this comes down so i can actually use the thrusters to move the submarine around so you can see it's not exactly roomy but it's relatively comfortable it's like sitting in the cockpit of a business jet in many respects for a pilot and then a passenger so this is the limiting factor i've spent many hours in here it's usually a 13-hour dive if you're gonna go to the bottom of the ocean four hours down we spend three or four hours on the bottom and then four hours up so this is the submersible limiting factor [Music] okay so if you uh put all the pieces together like this amazing piece of technology the limiting factor the support ship the amazing crew that makes it all work effectively and safe and the sonar system the logistics everything coming together and you're able to take this down to the bottom of the ocean and set a world record and then the fine people at the guinness world records will recognize it so we're deeply appreciative to everybody that made this happen and for the recognition that they've given us since filming victor has returned to the challenger deep to conduct six further dives now the new numbers have been meticulously analyzed and independent hydrographic experts have confirmed that the eastern pool plunges to ten thousand nine hundred and thirty four meters or thirty five thousand eight hundred and seventy two feet give or take three meters which means that victor and his team have once again established an unprecedented depth record for our planet rewriting the meaning bottom of the earth and records aside perhaps even more crucially their work means we are finally on our way to shining a little more light on this mysterious part of our world that for so long has lingered in the shadows

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Length: 13min 31sec (811 seconds)

Published: Tue Nov 24 2020

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