NHK has discovered {that a} Japanese scientist was among the many members of a world deep-sea exploration workforce who reached a depth of 9,801 meters in a latest mission. This marks a brand new file for Japanese explorers of the ocean’s depths.
The worldwide workforce contains scientists from Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology and Nagoya University. They reported that an undersea probe reached the deepest level of the Ogasawara Trench on August 13.
The group stated Michibayashi Katsuyoshi, a Japanese geologist and professor at Nagoya University, and American undersea explorer and pilot Victor Vescovo had been onboard.
The group has been engaged in deep-sea exploration close to Japanese territorial waters since August 5. They are utilizing The Limiting Factor, a highly-sophisticated manned submersible vessel developed by a personal US agency.
The Ogasawara Trench was believed to be 9,780 at its deepest level, however the group says they reached a depth 21 meters under this.
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