Don Walsh

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Don Walsh (b. 1931) became a United States Navy Captain after graduating from the US Naval Academy in 1954 . He and Jacques Piccard were aboard the bathyscaphe Trieste when it made a record-breaking descent into the Challenger Deep. The depth was measured at 35,813 ft (10,916 m), but later and more accurate measurements have put it at 35,798 ft (10,911 m).

[edit] References

• WALSH, Don International Who's Who. accessed September 1, 2006.
  • Deepest ocean dive into the Mariana Trench, Pacific Ocean on January 23, 1960
  • Making Ocean Policy: The Politics of Government Organization and Management (Dec 1982)
  • The Law of the Sea: Issues in Ocean Resource Management (Jan 1979)

[edit] External links

• Don Walsh profile from deepoceanexpeditions.com
• Official press release regarding Challenger Deep operation.
• Artic Expedition 2005 Oceanographer (Students on Ice)
• U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings (magazine)
  • Jun 2001 Oceans: Over the Top: Sailing the Northeast Passage Commentary by Don Walsh
  • Jan 2005 Oceans: The Plastic Ocean Column by Don Walsh