James Cameron and WHOI form a partnership

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On March 26, 2012, James Cameron piloted the DEEPSEA CHALLENGERnearly 11 kilometers (over 6 miles) beneath the surface to Challenger Deep, the deepest spot in the global ocean. The vehicle included a host of technological advances that made the dive possible. One year after the record-setting trip, Cameron transferred the vehicle to WHOI as part of a partnership aimed at advancing ocean science and exploration.

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James Cameron met with senior scientists and engineers during a recent visit to Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution to finalize transfer of the DEEPSEA CHALLENGER to the Institution.

HADEEP Videos

8 9 and 10km Tonga Trench

Scavenging amphipods attracted to bait from the Hadal-Lander A at 8000, 9000 and 10,000 metres in the Tonga Trench, SW Pacific Ocean (July 2007)
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5170m Kermadec Trench

A filter feeding tube dwelling anemone (centre top) contracting and extracting from its tube in response to the presence of Macrourid fish (grenadiers). Taken from Hadal-Lander B ay 5170m in the Kermadec Trench, SW Pacific (November 2009).
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5300m Peru-Chile Trench

Aggregation of gastropods (Tacita zenkevitchi) to bait from the Hadal-Lander B at 5329 meteres in the Peru-Chile Trench, SE Pacific Ocean (Septmeber 2010) also visible are a zoarcid (eelpout), a small liparid (Snailfish) and a large macrourid (grenadier).
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5500m Mariana Trench

A selection of ever increasingly large macrourids (grenadiers; Coryphaenoides yaquinae) at 5500 metres deep on the edge of the Mariana Trench on the abyssal plains, Central pacific (November 2008). Video footage from hadal-Lander A.
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6000m Kermadec and Japan Trench

The predatory decapod Benthesicymus crenatus hunts small amphipods at bait from the Hadal-Lander A at 6000m in the Kermadec Trench (SW Pacific) and later at 6945m in the Japan Trench (NW Pacific).
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6000m Peru-Chile Trench

A large aggregation of the ophidiid (cusk eel) Leucicorus atlanticus over 22 hours at bait on the Hadal-Lander B. The ophidiid Bassozetus nasus can also be seen at the start. Footage taken from 6000 metres in the Peru-Chile Trench (SE Pacific, September 2010).
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6945m Japan Trench

Behavioural footage of the hadal isopod Rectisura (Storthyngura) herculea at 6945 m in the Japan Trench, NW Pacific. Video taken from Hadal-Lander A in October 2007.
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7000m Kermadec Trench

The hadal snailfish (liparid) Notoliparis kermadecensis at 6890 m in the Kermadec Trench. Video taken from Hadal-Lander A in July 2007.
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7560m Kermadec Trench

Time-lapse of a large aggregation of The hadal snailfish (liparid) Notoliparis kermadecensis at 7561 m in the Kermadec Trench. Video taken from Hadal-Lander B in November 2010.
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7703m Japan Trench Liparids

Video of a large aggregation of The hadal snailfish (liparid) Pseudoliparis amblystomopsis at 7703 m in the JapanTrench, NW Pacific. Video taken from Hadal-Lander A in October 2008. These are the deepest fish ever seen alive.
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7703m Japan Trench P. Jamiesoni

The newly described Pardaliscid amphipod Princaxleia jamiesoni from 7703m in the Japan Trench, NW Pacific in Octobee 2008 with Hadal-Lander A.
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8000m Peru-Chile Trench

Scavenging amphipods of the families Eurythenes and Hirondellea devour 1kg of tuna in 24 hours at 8000m in the Peru-Chile Trench, SE Pacific. Also visible is a ‘never before seen alive’ holothurian (sea cucumber) Elpidia atakama. Footage from hadal-Lander B in September 2010.
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10000m Tonga Trench

Swarms of the scavenging hadal amphipod Hirondellea dubia at 10,000 metres deep in the Tonga Trench, SW Pacific. Footage taken from Hadal-Lander A in July 2007.
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