Don Walsh
American oceanographer
Died when: 92 years 10 days (1104 months)Star Sign: Scorpio
Don Walsh (born November 2, 1931) was an American oceanographer, explorer and marine policy specialist.He and Jacques Piccard were aboard the bathyscaphe Trieste when it made a record maximum descent into the Challenger Deep on January 23, 1960, the deepest point of the world's oceans.
The depth was measured at 35,813 feet (10,916 m), but later and more accurate measurements have measured it at 35,798 feet (10,911 m).
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