James Cameron’s Submarine He Took To Bottom Of The Ocean Is Now On View

In 2012, James Cameron made the almighty trek to the deepest part of the ocean, which lies 35,787 feet below the surface. Taking him down to such depths was the Deepsea Challenger, a 12-ton, 24-foot vessel now on exhibit at the Natural History Museum (NHM) in Los Angeles.
 
Pressure: James Cameron into the Abyss is a multimedia experience that details the challenges and life-and-death situations Cameron found himself in as he journeyed into the Challenger Deep.

It lied nearly seven miles below the water’s edge at the southern end of Mariana’s Trench in the Pacific Ocean, and has 1,000 times the standard atmospheric pressure than at sea level, and temperatures are just a few degrees above freezing.

The same expedition was performed by two other explorers, Jacques Piccard and Don Walsh, in 1960, decades before the Avatar director embarked on his own. Cameron, however, was the first solo pilot to do so.

The Deepsea Challenger is displayed in a popup beside the main building of the museum, where it is stationed for patrons to get up close and personal with the submersible.
 
The exhibition is free for general admission until February 20, and fans can go and take a look at how Cameron was able to accomplish such a feat in person. 
 
 
 
[via Robb Report and The Holywood Reporter, images via Natural History Museum]