BBC World Service: Beyond the Abyss (Radio)

Located in the western pacific, the Mariana Trench is the deepest part of the ocean, plunging down 11km.

Down there it’s pitch black, icy cold and the pressure is immense.

The only time it was visited, was over 50 years ago by US naval lieutenant Don Walsh and Swiss engineer Jacques Picard.

Now four teams of explorers are risking their lives in a new race to the deep….

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00nqc1w


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