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Director James Cameron tours earth’s deepest point

Returns from observing Marianas Trench

“Titanic’’ director James Cameron dove to the earth’s deepest point in a specially designed submarine, the National Geographic Society said, making him the first man to travel alone to the near 7-mile depth of the Marianas Trench. He reached a depth of 35,756 feet and stayed on the bottom for about three hours before he began his return to the surface.

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