STUDENT SHEET 2b

Point of interest cards

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POI: Nuno Gomes deepest POI: Average depth of the scuba dive in 2005. ocean.

Depth: 318m Depth: 3790m Did you Gomes holds two world Did you The first manned dives know? records for deep sea diving know? to the deep ocean took and cave diving. To put place in 1930. They were this into context, most conducted by Beebe and recreational scuba diving Barton off the coast of takes place between 0m Bermuda to a depth of and 25m. 245m.

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POI: Remotely Operated POI: Triton Submersible 1000/2 Vehicle (ROV)

Depth: 10000m Depth: 305m Did you ROVs are an easier way to Did you Submersibles and know? explore the deep sea as know? submarines have been they do not need to carry used by navies and humans. These underwater scientists for decades. robots are remote Now it is possible for the controlled, with operators public to buy them too, using a video feed to see if you have a spare few and a joystick to control million dollars. movement.

POI: The Milwaukee Deep POI: Bathyscaphe Trieste first (deepest point in the human voyage to deepest Atlantic Ocean) point in 1960. Depth: 8400m Depth: 10994m [referencing NOAA and Did you The descent took 4 hours USGS] know? 47 minutes, with pilots Did you This is close to the height Jacques Piccard and Don know? of Mount Everest , which Walsh the only people to rises to 8848m above sea have descended to the level. bottom of the ocean, until James Cameron repeated the feat in 2012.

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