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Jacques Piccard
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1922 – 2008
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Who was Jacques Piccard?
Jacques Piccard was a Swiss oceanographer and engineer, known for having developed underwater vehicles for studying ocean currents. He and Lt. Don Walsh of the United States Navy were the first people to explore the deepest part of the world's ocean, and the deepest location on the surface of the Earth's crust, the Challenger Deep, in the Mariana Trench located in the western North Pacific Ocean.
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- Born
- Jul 28, 1922
Brussels - Also known as
- Пикар, Жак
- Parents
- Children
- Nationality
- Switzerland
- Profession
- Education
- University of Geneva
- Died
- Nov 1, 2008
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on July 23, 2013
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