Bathyscaphe Trieste
Trieste is a Swiss-designed, Italian-built deep-diving research bathyscaphe, which with its crew of two reached a record maximum depth of about , in the deepest known part of the Earth's oceans, the Challenger Deep, in the Mariana Trench near Guam in the Pacific. On 23 January 1960, Jacques Piccard (son of the boat's designer Auguste Piccard) and US Navy Lieutenant Don Walsh achieved the goal of Project Nekton.
David Apperley
A renowned technical cave diver (one of the most dangerous and demanding sports in the world) and gifted marine electrical technician of over two decades, Dave stood out in the field of international deep sea exploration when James Cameron employed him as Lead Safety Diver and Emergency Rescue Manager on the 2012 ‘DeepSea Challenge Project’/Mariana Trench Expedition, which saw Cameron solo man a 12-ton submersible to the deepest point of the Earth’s oceans.