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[Patrick]<i> This is</i>
<i>the mother of them all,</i>

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I mean, it is the deepest
of them all.

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<i>So, we've got a lot on the line.</i>

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We're going to be assaulting
the challenger deep

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<i>with more technology
and more capability</i>

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<i>than anyone has ever done
in history.</i>

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You realize how deep
we are, right?

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[Alan] Oh, my word,
look at that!

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It's going up!

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[Victor]
Oh! This is really hard.

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[Alan] Whoa! Up, up, up up!

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What the hell was that?

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[machine beeping]

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Got a big battery fault.

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Surface, LF has lost power.

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[Demetri] <i>Humankind has explored</i>

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<i>every continent on Earth.</i>

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<i>We've climbed
its tallest mountains,</i>

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<i>and even journeyed into space.</i>

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[man] <i>Thank you, Mr. President.</i>

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[Demetri]
<i>But there's a vast swathe</i>

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<i>of our own planet</i>

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<i>that has remained a mystery.</i>

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<i>The deep ocean.</i>

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<i>Stretching down over 35,000 feet</i>

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<i>into crushing pressures,</i>

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<i>it's been near impossible
to reach...</i>

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<i>until now.</i>

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<i>New engineering
breakthroughs are driving</i>

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<i>an audacious global mission</i>

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<i>to dive to the deepest points</i>

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<i>of all the five oceans,</i>

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<i>for the first time in history.</i>

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<i>These pioneers
will push technology</i>

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<i>to the limit...</i>

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[Patrick]
What the hell was that?

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We have leak in hatch

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[Patrick] Oh, my God.

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[Demetri]<i> ...to open up</i>
<i>this final frontier,</i>

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<i>as never before.</i>

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[Cassie]<i> Trying to like</i>
<i>mentally put yourself</i>

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<i>at the bottom
is just mind blowing.</i>

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[Demetri]
<i>Mapping hidden landscapes</i>

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<i>discovering
unknown life forms...</i>

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[Alan] What on Earth was that?

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[Victor]
<i>There is something there.</i>

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[Demetri]<i> ...and unlocking</i>
<i>the secrets</i>

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<i>of how life
in the extreme deep ocean</i>

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<i>affects our entire planet.</i>

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[Demetri]<i> Ex Naval Commander</i>
<i>Victor Vesco,</i>

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<i>is now getting ready to face</i>

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<i>the ultimate challenge
of this expedition,</i>

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<i>the deepest dive on our planet.</i>

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[Kelvin]<i> Roger that.</i>
<i>You are free to dive.</i>

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[Demetri]<i> So far</i>
<i>he's travelled 20,000 miles</i>

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<i>half way across the world</i>

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<i>and completed three
record-breaking dives.</i>

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[Victor]<i> And I just wanted</i>
<i>to say thank you all</i>

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for getting us to this point.

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It's been four years
since we first started

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thinking about this
overall mission.

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[Demetri]<i> But now,</i>

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<i>he will be pushed to the limit</i>

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<i>by the largest and deepest
of the Earth's oceans.</i>

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<i>The Pacific.</i>

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[Rob]<i> I mean, this is</i>

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<i>the mightiest ocean of them all,</i>

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this is a third
of the surface of our planet.

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The Pacific Ocean is
different than all the others

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in that it has the oldest
seafloor in the oceans.

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<i>It is just much deeper,
much older ocean.</i>

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[Demetri] <i>It is also home</i>

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<i>to the deepest place on Earth,</i>

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<i>the Mariana Trench.</i>

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[Victor] <i>From a very young age</i>

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<i>I loved just looking at atlases</i>

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and one of the most prominent
features in any Atlas

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is the deepest point
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which is the Mariana Trench.

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<i>This deep dark place,</i>

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<i>of course it captured
my imagination.</i>

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[Demetri] <i>It's 8,000 feet deeper</i>

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<i>than any dive
Victor has attempted before,</i>

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<i>and it will subject the sub
to enormous pressure.</i>

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[Patrick] Just come up
on the A-Frame.

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Let me know when we're clear
for straps, Kelvin.

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[Kelvin] Yeah,
we're clear for straps.

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[Rob]<i> It's as an extreme</i>
<i>environment</i>

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<i>as we have on planet Earth.</i>

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This is the major league,

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you know, this is as difficult,

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as technically challenging

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<i>as submersible diving gets
on planet Earth.</i>

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[Demetri]<i> The bottom</i>
<i>of the Mariana Trench</i>

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<i>has only been only visited
by three people</i>

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<i>and one of them is on board.</i>

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Okay, good. Thank you guys.

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[Demetri] <i>Captain Don Walsh.</i>

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<i>In 1960 he and a fellow
deep-sea explorer</i>

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<i>took an experimental craft</i>

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<i>to the uncharted depths
of our planet.</i>

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[Don]<i> I never had any fear.</i>

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<i>Why have fear?</i>

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<i>What are you gonna do about it?</i>

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You're committed.

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You're gonna go down there
as far as you can,

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if something doesn't work,
too bad.

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And there's nothing
you can do about it.

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[Demetri]<i> Fifty-two years</i>
<i>later in 2012,</i>

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<i>Don witnessed a solo dive
by Hollywood director</i>

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<i>and deep-sea explorer,
James Cameron,</i>

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<i>who recorded a depth</i>

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<i>just 10 feet
shy of Don's record.</i>

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[phone ringing]

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[James]<i> Hey, Victor.</i>

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Hi, Jim, how are you?

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[James]<i> Hi, good, good.</i>

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[Victor] It's great sitting
next to the first person

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to go down
to the Challenger Deep

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and it's just so wonderful

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to be able to talk
to the second person

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and hopefully we can continue
passing the baton.

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[James]<i> Yeah that's great.</i>

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<i>I mean, you've really
kicked the ball further</i>

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<i>down field
in terms of the technology.</i>

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<i>And the only other piece
of advice I would give</i>

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<i>is give yourself a moment, stop,</i>

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<i>and just look at the window</i>

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<i>and just think
about where you are</i>

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<i>and what it means.</i>

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That's great, Jim.

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I appreciate that.

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[Demetri]<i> But now,</i>

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<i>Victor is on a mission
to find a spot</i>

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<i>even deeper than Don Walsh
and James Cameron,</i>

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<i>and break a record
that has stood for 60 years.</i>

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[Cassie]<i> We have</i>
<i>one of the best sonars</i>

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<i>in the world right now</i>

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<i>and we're going to produce</i>

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the most accurate map
of the Mariana Trench

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that's ever been done before.

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[Demetri]<i> The deepest section</i>
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<i>is in a hollow known
as the Challenger Deep.</i>

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<i>But the team
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<i>a deep ocean exploratory dive,</i>

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<i>a hundred and forty miles east</i>

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<i>in the Sirena Deep,</i>

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<i>where no submersible
has ever been before.</i>

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[Patty] So, the deepest part
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Nobody's been down there.

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[Demetri]<i> The team will</i>
<i>be on the hunt</i>

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<i>for vital new scientific data</i>

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<i>that may help find alien life</i>

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<i>elsewhere in our solar system.</i>

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<i>Because there are frozen moons,</i>

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<i>like Europa orbiting Jupiter,</i>

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<i>that NASA believes
could hold life.</i>

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<i>Beneath the surface ice,</i>

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<i>deep oceans
might nurture organisms</i>

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<i>able to exist in environments</i>

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<i>as extreme
as the Mariana Trench.</i>

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[Patty]<i> NASA's</i>
<i>search for life efforts</i>

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<i>are looking
for the limits of life.</i>

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They are very interested

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in looking at the deep trenches

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<i>to see if microbes can live</i>

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<i>in these most extreme
environments on the planet.</i>

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[Demetri]<i> If they can find</i>
<i>colonies of bacteria</i>

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<i>in the Mariana Trench,</i>

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<i>then extreme forms of life
could also exist</i>

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<i>in the oceans
of those alien moons.</i>

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The general conception
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is that this is very much
a science focused dive.

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One thing
that I am concerned about

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and that's recovering
the samples.

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First priority is a rock
with some stuff on it.

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Fingers crossed.

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Just be vigilant

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as you're approaching
the bottom.

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That, that depth sounder,

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once it starts picking up

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and as you know
Victor giving you

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- reliable data...
- Mmm-hmm.

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...you gotta pay attention
to it,

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you can't ignore it.

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I mean, I don't know
if there's pinnacles

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or haystacks.

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Who knows what we'll find.

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[Kelvin] We're gonna leave
that one down.

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[Demetri]<i> Even though</i>
<i>the dive is not the deepest</i>

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<i>in the Mariana Trench,</i>

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<i>at 35,000 feet</i>

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<i>it will put
the sub's engineering</i>

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<i>under massive strain.</i>

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[Patrick]
<i>It's a substantial pressure,</i>

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<i>so we've got a lot on the line.</i>

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We basically got
all the poker chips

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in the center of the table.

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[Demetri]<i> Chief scientist,</i>
<i>Alan Jamieson</i>

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<i>is joining Victor
on this pioneering dive.</i>

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- Welcome back, sir.
- Hello.

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[Kelvin]<i> LF, LF, SO.</i>

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[man]<i> LF, LF.</i>

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[Kelvin] Hey, we're gonna go
for release here.

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We'll let the sub off the hook.

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- Do it.
- Perfect.

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[Stuart] <i>And we're currently</i>

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<i>about 900 meters
from the drop zone.</i>

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[Kelvin]<i> Okay. Roger that.</i>

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[Patrick]<i> We can tow him</i>
<i>for a couple of minutes,</i>

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<i>no worries.</i>

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[Stuart]<i> Twelve,</i>
<i>before a few minutes</i>

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<i>until we're ready to let him go.</i>

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[Demetri]<i> To dive</i>
<i>Victor will pump water</i>

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<i>into empty ballast tanks
at the top of the sub.</i>

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<i>But now the waves are picking up</i>

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<i>and flooding them early.</i>

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[Rob] Seventy-five to go.

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[John] They're spending a lot
of time under the water.

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The tanks are gonna be
filling all the time.

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[Patrick] Son of a [bleep].

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[Frank] With that
much weight on the sub.

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That [beep] goes down quick.

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[Rob] Fifty meters to go.

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[Patrick]<i> That's gotta be it.</i>

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<i>We can disconnect now.</i>

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[Rob] Release, release!

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[Patrick] It's tied off.

233
00:08:57,837 --> 00:08:59,204
Get that [bleep] tow line.

234
00:08:59,238 --> 00:09:00,772
[man] Grab on that tow line.

235
00:09:02,275 --> 00:09:04,009
[Patrick] Get her loose.

236
00:09:04,043 --> 00:09:05,510
[Rob] Release.

237
00:09:05,545 --> 00:09:07,145
[Patrick]
When those tanks filled up,

238
00:09:07,179 --> 00:09:10,682
- she's diving.
- [Rob] Release.

239
00:09:10,716 --> 00:09:12,884
[Demetri]<i> Swimmer Tim's</i>
<i>got just seconds</i>

240
00:09:12,952 --> 00:09:14,419
<i>to release the towline</i>

241
00:09:14,453 --> 00:09:15,987
<i>and must avoid getting entangled</i>

242
00:09:16,022 --> 00:09:17,589
<i>and dragged to his death.</i>

243
00:09:17,623 --> 00:09:19,891
[Rob] Release, release, release!

244
00:09:28,067 --> 00:09:29,634
[suspenseful music playing]

245
00:09:29,669 --> 00:09:30,969
[Patrick] Those tanks filled up.

246
00:09:31,003 --> 00:09:33,138
She's diving.

247
00:09:33,172 --> 00:09:34,906
[Rob] Release, release, release!

248
00:09:34,941 --> 00:09:36,641
[Patrick] Come on, Tim,
get her loose.

249
00:09:37,577 --> 00:09:40,579
[suspenseful music playing]

250
00:09:48,087 --> 00:09:49,521
[Tim]<i> As I am taking</i>
<i>handrails off,</i>

251
00:09:49,555 --> 00:09:51,056
<i>I could feel the sub going out</i>

252
00:09:51,090 --> 00:09:51,990
<i>from underneath me.</i>

253
00:09:52,024 --> 00:09:53,258
<i>In a bit of a panic,</i>

254
00:09:53,292 --> 00:09:54,793
I tried to get out of there
as quick as possible

255
00:09:54,827 --> 00:09:56,628
to make sure I wasn't
tangled up in anything.

256
00:09:58,664 --> 00:10:00,165
[Demetri] <i>On their way down,</i>

257
00:10:00,199 --> 00:10:01,633
<i>Victor and Alan pass through</i>

258
00:10:01,667 --> 00:10:03,134
<i>the top layer of the ocean,</i>

259
00:10:03,169 --> 00:10:04,736
<i>called the Sunlight Zone.</i>

260
00:10:06,472 --> 00:10:07,772
<i>Home in the Pacific</i>

261
00:10:07,807 --> 00:10:10,875
<i>to one of the nature's
greatest survivors,</i>

262
00:10:10,910 --> 00:10:12,544
<i>the nautilus.</i>

263
00:10:13,779 --> 00:10:16,014
<i>It's remained
virtually unchanged</i>

264
00:10:16,048 --> 00:10:19,050
<i>for half a billion years.</i>

265
00:10:19,085 --> 00:10:23,154
<i>As the sub goes deeper,
the light dwindles,</i>

266
00:10:23,189 --> 00:10:26,091
<i>and they enter
the Twilight Zone.</i>

267
00:10:26,158 --> 00:10:28,126
<i>Here, out of the darkness
emerges</i>

268
00:10:28,160 --> 00:10:30,161
<i>one of the wonders
of the deep ocean,</i>

269
00:10:30,196 --> 00:10:32,864
<i>creatures that generate
their own light.</i>

270
00:10:35,267 --> 00:10:36,534
[Alan] Wow,
look at the bioluminescence,

271
00:10:36,569 --> 00:10:37,836
can you see it?

272
00:10:37,870 --> 00:10:39,371
- Yeah? That was great...
- [Victor] Oh, that's so cool!

273
00:10:39,405 --> 00:10:41,172
- [Alan] ...isn't it?
- [Victor] Yeah.

274
00:10:41,207 --> 00:10:43,375
[Alan]<i> Bioluminescence</i>
<i>is the most commonly used</i>

275
00:10:43,409 --> 00:10:45,143
<i>communication on planet Earth.</i>

276
00:10:45,177 --> 00:10:47,112
<i>In terms of the number
of species that use it.</i>

277
00:10:52,752 --> 00:10:54,285
[Demetri]<i> In the Pacific</i>

278
00:10:54,320 --> 00:10:55,754
<i>the Twilight Zone holds</i>

279
00:10:55,788 --> 00:10:57,255
<i>other extraordinary creatures</i>

280
00:10:57,289 --> 00:10:59,090
<i>adapted to live in the gloom.</i>

281
00:11:00,393 --> 00:11:02,360
<i>Like the Cock-eyed Squid.</i>

282
00:11:03,596 --> 00:11:05,830
<i>Its larger left eye can pick out</i>

283
00:11:05,865 --> 00:11:08,533
<i>camouflaged prey
in the waters above.</i>

284
00:11:09,869 --> 00:11:12,570
<i>While its smaller right eye
points downwards</i>

285
00:11:12,605 --> 00:11:15,507
<i>to spy any predators
lurking below.</i>

286
00:11:18,044 --> 00:11:20,879
<i>The sub is now passing 3,000ft.</i>

287
00:11:20,913 --> 00:11:23,948
<i>Beyond here a US nuclear sub</i>

288
00:11:23,983 --> 00:11:26,317
<i>would be crushed like a tin can.</i>

289
00:11:26,352 --> 00:11:29,954
<i>This is the Midnight Zone,</i>

290
00:11:29,989 --> 00:11:32,190
<i>where some of the most
bizarre animals</i>

291
00:11:32,224 --> 00:11:34,993
<i>on the planet
are still being discovered.</i>

292
00:11:35,027 --> 00:11:37,062
<i>This is a Gulper Eel,</i>

293
00:11:37,096 --> 00:11:38,997
<i>which can detach its jaw</i>

294
00:11:39,031 --> 00:11:42,600
<i>and inflate its body
to swallow much larger prey.</i>

295
00:11:44,537 --> 00:11:47,439
[Victor]<i> Somewhere between</i>
<i>3,000 and 6,000 years</i>

296
00:11:47,473 --> 00:11:49,374
just as the pressure decreases

297
00:11:49,408 --> 00:11:51,176
the size of the sphere,
it tightens

298
00:11:51,210 --> 00:11:52,811
and it happens suddenly.

299
00:11:52,845 --> 00:11:54,379
It makes a little wrapping noise

300
00:11:54,413 --> 00:11:55,380
on the capsule,

301
00:11:55,414 --> 00:11:56,614
it's a little unnerving.

302
00:12:00,286 --> 00:12:04,789
We've been in
the submersible now for...

303
00:12:04,824 --> 00:12:07,225
three hours and nine minutes.

304
00:12:09,795 --> 00:12:10,995
[Demetri]<i> The sub is now</i>

305
00:12:11,030 --> 00:12:13,264
<i>in the deepest ocean
region of all,</i>

306
00:12:13,299 --> 00:12:15,033
<i>the Hadal Zone.</i>

307
00:12:16,469 --> 00:12:19,838
<i>And finally
their goal is in sight.</i>

308
00:12:19,872 --> 00:12:21,473
[Victor] I can see it,

309
00:12:21,507 --> 00:12:22,907
see it slowly getting lighter?

310
00:12:24,243 --> 00:12:25,510
Eleven meters of the bottom,

311
00:12:25,544 --> 00:12:27,178
we should see it very shortly.

312
00:12:29,248 --> 00:12:30,682
Four meters off.

313
00:12:34,220 --> 00:12:36,287
It's one meter off the bottom.

314
00:12:39,892 --> 00:12:41,659
That's the bottom
of the Sirena Deep.

315
00:12:42,261 --> 00:12:43,728
Incredible.

316
00:12:46,632 --> 00:12:48,533
[Victor] Surface, LF.

317
00:12:48,567 --> 00:12:52,270
Surface, life support good
at bottom.

318
00:12:52,304 --> 00:12:55,006
Repeat, at bottom.

319
00:13:00,446 --> 00:13:01,980
By the way, congratulations.

320
00:13:02,014 --> 00:13:03,681
First man
to descend the Sirena Deep.

321
00:13:03,716 --> 00:13:05,650
As are you.

322
00:13:05,684 --> 00:13:07,185
[Demetri]<i> The sub is now</i>

323
00:13:07,219 --> 00:13:10,155
<i>under some of the most
extreme pressures on Earth.</i>

324
00:13:12,291 --> 00:13:14,926
<i>Victor and Alan
are the first humans</i>

325
00:13:14,960 --> 00:13:17,662
<i>to see this unexplored
landscape.</i>

326
00:13:19,098 --> 00:13:21,800
<i>Now they need to look
for communities of bacteria,</i>

327
00:13:21,834 --> 00:13:23,568
<i>the kind of extreme life</i>

328
00:13:23,602 --> 00:13:26,137
<i>that NASA might find
beyond our planet.</i>

329
00:13:27,640 --> 00:13:29,207
[Lynne]<i> Finding a microbe</i>

330
00:13:29,241 --> 00:13:30,909
<i>in the bottom
of the Mariana trench</i>

331
00:13:30,943 --> 00:13:32,076
is important to me

332
00:13:32,111 --> 00:13:33,812
because deep
at the bottom of the ocean

333
00:13:33,846 --> 00:13:36,514
you don't have access
to sunlight

334
00:13:36,549 --> 00:13:39,350
<i>and so these organisms
have to use</i>

335
00:13:39,385 --> 00:13:42,654
<i>some other source of energy
other than sunlight.</i>

336
00:13:44,690 --> 00:13:46,491
[Demetri]
<i>Some bacteria have developed</i>

337
00:13:46,525 --> 00:13:49,527
<i>to feed on chemicals seeping
from the Earth's crust,</i>

338
00:13:49,562 --> 00:13:52,597
<i>but none have been found
in these extreme depths.</i>

339
00:13:54,166 --> 00:13:55,834
[Victor] What should
I be looking for?

340
00:13:55,868 --> 00:13:57,535
[Alan] You're looking
for bacterial mats

341
00:13:57,570 --> 00:13:58,837
of very distinct color.

342
00:13:58,871 --> 00:13:59,737
[Victor] What do they look like?

343
00:13:59,772 --> 00:14:01,639
[Alan] Some of them are white.

344
00:14:01,674 --> 00:14:04,242
Some of them are really
strikingly orange and yellow.

345
00:14:05,744 --> 00:14:07,011
Okay. Your eyes are outside,

346
00:14:07,046 --> 00:14:07,779
- I'm on the inside.
- [Alan] Yeah.

347
00:14:11,550 --> 00:14:13,551
[Victor]<i> Been down here</i>
<i>two hours, fifteen minutes.</i>

348
00:14:13,586 --> 00:14:15,253
- Already.
- Yeah.

349
00:14:15,287 --> 00:14:17,388
[Alan] How long do we have?

350
00:14:17,423 --> 00:14:19,824
Yeah, we're below 50%
on the batteries.

351
00:14:19,859 --> 00:14:20,592
Oh, [bleep].

352
00:14:22,895 --> 00:14:24,362
All right. stop, stop, stop.

353
00:14:25,431 --> 00:14:26,931
What is that.

354
00:14:26,966 --> 00:14:28,733
Woah, up, up, up, up up, up.

355
00:14:28,767 --> 00:14:31,536
What on Earth is that?

356
00:14:31,570 --> 00:14:32,804
[Victor]
Is that a bacterial mat?

357
00:14:32,838 --> 00:14:34,873
Look at that. Look, look.

358
00:14:34,907 --> 00:14:36,140
[Alan] Yep that's it!

359
00:14:36,175 --> 00:14:38,243
See the yellow?

360
00:14:38,277 --> 00:14:40,445
[Demetri]<i> The yellow growth</i>
<i>on the rocks</i>

361
00:14:40,479 --> 00:14:42,847
<i>is in fact millions of bacteria</i>

362
00:14:42,882 --> 00:14:43,982
<i>feeding on chemicals</i>

363
00:14:44,016 --> 00:14:45,917
<i>seeping from the Earth's crust.</i>

364
00:14:45,951 --> 00:14:48,820
<i>And it's the deepest
ever observed.</i>

365
00:14:48,854 --> 00:14:49,954
High five.

366
00:14:51,857 --> 00:14:54,592
[Alan] I knew
patience would reward us.

367
00:14:58,030 --> 00:14:59,731
[Demetri]<i> The team</i>
<i>have visual evidence</i>

368
00:14:59,765 --> 00:15:01,366
<i>of the kind of extreme life</i>

369
00:15:01,400 --> 00:15:03,468
<i>that could exist in deep oceans</i>

370
00:15:03,502 --> 00:15:05,737
<i>elsewhere in our solar system.</i>

371
00:15:05,771 --> 00:15:08,106
<i>Now they need to bring back
a first-ever</i>

372
00:15:08,140 --> 00:15:10,108
<i>physical sample.</i>

373
00:15:10,142 --> 00:15:12,977
[Victor] The current
is pushing us to the right,

374
00:15:13,012 --> 00:15:16,347
it's heading it's...
Woah! [bleep]

375
00:15:16,382 --> 00:15:17,782
[Demetri]
<i>But now a strong current</i>

376
00:15:17,816 --> 00:15:20,985
<i>is making this delicate task
near impossible.</i>

377
00:15:21,020 --> 00:15:23,321
[Victor] Flying a submarine
in a current with one hand

378
00:15:23,355 --> 00:15:25,590
and trying to get a rock
with a manipulator.

379
00:15:25,624 --> 00:15:27,125
This is really hard.

380
00:15:29,428 --> 00:15:31,162
Oh, my God,
my heart is going faster!

381
00:15:32,331 --> 00:15:33,064
Wow!

382
00:15:36,602 --> 00:15:37,802
Let's give it one more try.

383
00:15:40,272 --> 00:15:42,840
I got a [bleep] rock!

384
00:15:42,875 --> 00:15:44,575
I got a rock!

385
00:15:44,610 --> 00:15:46,444
I can't believe I got a rock!

386
00:15:52,184 --> 00:15:55,320
It fell apart... Damn it.

387
00:15:55,354 --> 00:15:58,790
[machine beeping]

388
00:15:58,824 --> 00:16:01,459
- [Alan] What was that?
- [Victor] The batteries.

389
00:16:01,493 --> 00:16:03,161
We have been here three hours.

390
00:16:04,229 --> 00:16:06,197
Okay. That's it, I tried.

391
00:16:07,633 --> 00:16:09,133
All right.
I'll drop the weights.

392
00:16:11,003 --> 00:16:13,171
Surfacing weight,
we're on our way.

393
00:16:14,573 --> 00:16:16,674
I'm sorry, I didn't
get a rock for you, doctor.

394
00:16:16,709 --> 00:16:18,242
I tried, I tried like hell.

395
00:16:22,414 --> 00:16:24,649
<i>Surface, Surface, LF,
how do you read?</i>

396
00:16:24,683 --> 00:16:26,117
[man] We got you, buddy,
we are on the hunt.

397
00:16:26,151 --> 00:16:28,853
[Demetri]<i> The team failed</i>
<i>to obtain a rock sample,</i>

398
00:16:28,887 --> 00:16:30,888
<i>but as the sub
comes back on board,</i>

399
00:16:30,923 --> 00:16:33,524
<i>the crew make
a surprising discovery.</i>

400
00:16:33,559 --> 00:16:35,560
[Shane] Holy [bleep].

401
00:16:43,902 --> 00:16:45,536
[Patrick] Nice and easy,
nice and easy.

402
00:16:45,571 --> 00:16:46,904
[Demetri]
<i>After the first ever dive</i>

403
00:16:46,939 --> 00:16:48,339
<i>to the Sirena Deep,</i>

404
00:16:48,374 --> 00:16:50,842
<i>the team find an unexpected
piece of evidence</i>

405
00:16:50,876 --> 00:16:53,411
<i>inside one of the battery
compartments.</i>

406
00:16:53,445 --> 00:16:55,279
[Patty] This is so cool

407
00:16:55,314 --> 00:16:56,848
that you guys
found this rock in here.

408
00:16:56,882 --> 00:16:58,316
Can you show me where?

409
00:16:58,350 --> 00:17:01,185
[Shane] Basically just down
in the bracket there.

410
00:17:01,220 --> 00:17:02,754
It was sitting on the flat spot.

411
00:17:02,788 --> 00:17:04,555
- Ah yep, that makes sense.
- Yeah.

412
00:17:04,590 --> 00:17:06,257
- Okay.
- Yeah.

413
00:17:06,291 --> 00:17:07,959
The mud got us thinking,
let's keep an eye out.

414
00:17:07,993 --> 00:17:09,861
[Patty] This is great.

415
00:17:09,895 --> 00:17:10,995
What a find.

416
00:17:11,030 --> 00:17:13,231
This is the first rock

417
00:17:13,265 --> 00:17:16,234
that has been recovered
in the Sirena Deep.

418
00:17:20,005 --> 00:17:23,074
[Demetri]<i> Microscopic</i>
<i>analysis of the rock surface</i>

419
00:17:23,108 --> 00:17:25,376
<i>shows intricate
bacterial growth.</i>

420
00:17:25,411 --> 00:17:27,745
[Lynne]<i> For us</i>
<i>as astrobiologists,</i>

421
00:17:27,780 --> 00:17:31,015
<i>to know that there is life
deep in the ocean,</i>

422
00:17:31,050 --> 00:17:33,751
gives us confidence
when we start to look

423
00:17:33,819 --> 00:17:35,953
at other places
in our solar system,

424
00:17:35,988 --> 00:17:39,490
<i>that there are organisms
that can survive</i>

425
00:17:39,525 --> 00:17:42,393
<i>on another planet
without sunlight,</i>

426
00:17:42,428 --> 00:17:44,729
<i>and live
under very high pressures.</i>

427
00:17:44,763 --> 00:17:46,264
At least we know it's possible

428
00:17:46,298 --> 00:17:48,099
and it's worth going looking.

429
00:17:52,604 --> 00:17:54,939
Wait. Hold on a minute.
I'm gonna grab that line.

430
00:17:54,973 --> 00:17:57,708
[Demetri]<i> But now the team</i>
<i>discover a problem</i>

431
00:17:57,743 --> 00:17:59,877
<i>that could jeopardize
any further dives</i>

432
00:17:59,912 --> 00:18:01,879
<i>into the Mariana Trench.</i>

433
00:18:01,914 --> 00:18:04,649
<i>One of the three
navigational probes,</i>

434
00:18:04,683 --> 00:18:07,852
<i>called 'landers', is missing.</i>

435
00:18:07,886 --> 00:18:10,822
Alan said that the one
of them is still not

436
00:18:10,856 --> 00:18:12,256
on its way up.

437
00:18:12,291 --> 00:18:13,858
That means it must be stuck.

438
00:18:13,892 --> 00:18:15,626
[Patrick] [bleep] me, man.

439
00:18:15,661 --> 00:18:18,763
[bleep] lander
stuck in the mud down there.

440
00:18:18,797 --> 00:18:20,531
Bad news, man.

441
00:18:23,569 --> 00:18:25,169
You know what you've got
to do, don't you?

442
00:18:25,204 --> 00:18:27,872
- [Victor] Go down and get it?
- [Alan] Yeah.

443
00:18:27,906 --> 00:18:30,374
[Demetri]<i> To save the mission</i>
<i>they must risk</i>

444
00:18:30,409 --> 00:18:32,977
<i>an unprecedented
deep-sea rescue.</i>

445
00:18:34,580 --> 00:18:36,681
[Rob] If we are able
to actually rendezvous

446
00:18:36,715 --> 00:18:39,117
with a dead target.

447
00:18:39,151 --> 00:18:41,686
We are attempting
the deepest salvage operation

448
00:18:41,720 --> 00:18:42,987
that's ever been attempted
by man.

449
00:18:43,021 --> 00:18:44,822
So, no pressure.

450
00:18:44,857 --> 00:18:47,592
The big challenge
is to find the lander

451
00:18:47,626 --> 00:18:49,026
that has now ran out of battery

452
00:18:49,061 --> 00:18:52,196
so it's not able
to signal to us where it is.

453
00:18:52,231 --> 00:18:54,599
<i>Once we find it,
uh, with the sub</i>

454
00:18:54,633 --> 00:18:57,702
the sub will need
to either work it loose

455
00:18:57,736 --> 00:19:00,705
by using the manipulator
to free it.

456
00:19:00,739 --> 00:19:03,141
<i>If it needs to remove
the weight from the bottom</i>

457
00:19:03,175 --> 00:19:05,710
it will need to put the
manipulator arm in underneath

458
00:19:05,744 --> 00:19:08,045
and cut the wire
that's attaching the weight

459
00:19:08,080 --> 00:19:09,647
to the lander itself.

460
00:19:13,218 --> 00:19:15,586
[Demetri]<i> At the helm</i>
<i>of this risky operation,</i>

461
00:19:15,621 --> 00:19:18,422
<i>Victor puts one of the most
experienced sub pilots</i>

462
00:19:18,457 --> 00:19:20,858
<i>in the world, the builder
of the sub itself,</i>

463
00:19:20,893 --> 00:19:23,161
<i>- Patrick Lahey.</i>
- [Patrick]<i> If we find it</i>

464
00:19:23,195 --> 00:19:24,795
<i>we are going to try
and get it off the bottom.</i>

465
00:19:24,830 --> 00:19:27,765
You know, whatever it takes
we'll release it.

466
00:19:29,668 --> 00:19:31,669
[Demetri]<i> But grappling</i>
<i>with the lost lander</i>

467
00:19:31,703 --> 00:19:33,871
<i>holds a terrifying danger</i>

468
00:19:33,906 --> 00:19:36,908
<i>of the sub itself getting
trapped irretrievably</i>

469
00:19:36,942 --> 00:19:38,509
<i>on the seabed.</i>

470
00:19:38,544 --> 00:19:41,612
[Patrick]<i> The thing you worry</i>
<i>about is entanglement.</i>

471
00:19:41,647 --> 00:19:43,781
<i>You have to be vigilant
as a pilot, you have</i>

472
00:19:43,815 --> 00:19:46,217
<i>to be to paying attention
of your surroundings.</i>

473
00:19:46,251 --> 00:19:48,719
- All right, McGee...
- [Kelvin] Get it done buddy,

474
00:19:48,754 --> 00:19:50,254
- get it done, get it done.
- Thank you. All right.

475
00:19:50,289 --> 00:19:52,223
[Patrick] Bring us home
safe buddy, thank you!

476
00:19:52,257 --> 00:19:53,257
- Thank you, Frank.
- [Jonathan] Okay.

477
00:19:53,292 --> 00:19:54,659
I'm getting ready.

478
00:19:54,693 --> 00:19:56,827
See you later.

479
00:19:56,862 --> 00:19:58,362
[Demetri] <i>Accompanying Patrick</i>

480
00:19:58,397 --> 00:20:00,631
<i>is deep ocean
submarine specialist,</i>

481
00:20:00,666 --> 00:20:02,500
<i>Jonathan Struwe.</i>

482
00:20:02,534 --> 00:20:04,135
[Victor]<i> It's really dark</i>
<i>and deep</i>

483
00:20:04,169 --> 00:20:06,971
<i>and difficult down there
to navigate.</i>

484
00:20:07,005 --> 00:20:08,272
<i>I just hope they find it.</i>

485
00:20:08,307 --> 00:20:10,441
What an accomplishment
that would be.

486
00:20:10,475 --> 00:20:12,710
- Let's have a good dive.
- Let's have a good dive.

487
00:20:18,483 --> 00:20:20,318
[Victor] They're a long way
from home down there.

488
00:20:21,486 --> 00:20:23,087
And you feel it, I tell ya.

489
00:20:31,263 --> 00:20:32,296
Let's launch the sonar.

490
00:20:33,432 --> 00:20:34,832
I am going to go ahead,
I'm going to increase

491
00:20:34,866 --> 00:20:36,334
the scanning speed.

492
00:20:36,368 --> 00:20:38,436
[Demetri]<i> Once on the bottom,</i>
<i>they start the search</i>

493
00:20:38,470 --> 00:20:41,138
<i>for the lost lander,
codenamed "Skaff".</i>

494
00:20:41,173 --> 00:20:43,708
Oh, yeah. That's something.

495
00:20:43,742 --> 00:20:45,676
So, we are two meters off
the bottom.

496
00:20:46,812 --> 00:20:48,879
We'll get you Skaff, careful.

497
00:20:50,182 --> 00:20:51,749
[Demetri]<i> They use</i>
<i>the sub's sonar</i>

498
00:20:51,783 --> 00:20:53,718
<i>to ping the surrounding
landscape</i>

499
00:20:53,752 --> 00:20:55,886
<i>in the hope of a return echo.</i>

500
00:20:55,921 --> 00:20:57,321
Here you go,

501
00:20:57,356 --> 00:20:59,056
now it should be in your window.

502
00:21:00,158 --> 00:21:02,126
Just a second and it'll be
in your window.

503
00:21:05,998 --> 00:21:08,399
There. You can see him.

504
00:21:08,433 --> 00:21:09,634
[Patrick] Oh yeah, here we go.

505
00:21:09,668 --> 00:21:11,802
[Jonathan] Skaff.

506
00:21:11,837 --> 00:21:13,104
There we are.

507
00:21:14,473 --> 00:21:16,240
[Patrick] Okay. We are on it.

508
00:21:16,275 --> 00:21:18,409
[Jonathan] Yeah. No. It's...

509
00:21:18,443 --> 00:21:19,944
-It's ahead of us
-[Patrick] Yeah,

510
00:21:19,978 --> 00:21:21,212
- dead ahead of us.
- [Jonathan] It is dead ahead

511
00:21:21,246 --> 00:21:23,191
of us.

512
00:21:23,215 --> 00:21:25,249
Yeah, get right over there,

513
00:21:25,284 --> 00:21:26,717
get the lights on it.

514
00:21:26,752 --> 00:21:29,153
[Jonathan] There we are.

515
00:21:29,187 --> 00:21:31,400
[Demetri]<i> Having landed</i>
<i>at an awkward angle,</i>

516
00:21:31,424 --> 00:21:34,325
<i>one corner of its base
is wedged in the sediment.</i>

517
00:21:36,662 --> 00:21:38,829
<i>Jonathan must now work
the robotic arm</i>

518
00:21:38,864 --> 00:21:40,498
<i>to release it.</i>

519
00:21:43,035 --> 00:21:46,470
<i>This is the most dangerous
part of the operation.</i>

520
00:21:48,440 --> 00:21:50,975
Ah [bleep], what's going here?

521
00:21:54,112 --> 00:21:56,981
Index again
and try to straighten out.

522
00:21:57,015 --> 00:21:59,950
Try, try, try doing that.

523
00:21:59,985 --> 00:22:01,585
[Jonathan]
I can't, for some reason.

524
00:22:04,189 --> 00:22:05,489
Ah.

525
00:22:08,226 --> 00:22:09,627
[Patrick] Okay allow me
just to come ahead

526
00:22:09,661 --> 00:22:10,661
I'm going to push you.

527
00:22:10,696 --> 00:22:12,430
Yeah. I am going to push
the lander.

528
00:22:13,899 --> 00:22:15,966
[Demetri]<i> If the arm gets</i>
<i>entangled with the lander,</i>

529
00:22:16,001 --> 00:22:18,035
<i>and the emergency
arm-release fails,</i>

530
00:22:18,070 --> 00:22:20,771
<i>they could be trapped
beyond any hope of rescue.</i>

531
00:22:21,973 --> 00:22:23,474
Back up just a little bit.

532
00:22:25,877 --> 00:22:27,912
Let's get
into the right position.

533
00:22:27,946 --> 00:22:30,948
[dramatic music playing]

534
00:22:37,789 --> 00:22:38,923
What was that?

535
00:22:48,033 --> 00:22:49,800
[Demetri]<i> Patrick</i>
<i>and Jonathan are attempting</i>

536
00:22:49,835 --> 00:22:53,237
<i>a daring rescue mission
seven miles under water.</i>

537
00:22:54,239 --> 00:22:56,140
[Patrick]
Get into the right position.

538
00:22:56,174 --> 00:22:58,209
[Demetri]<i> One wrong move</i>
<i>and the sub</i>

539
00:22:58,243 --> 00:23:00,711
<i>could get snagged
on the trapped lander.</i>

540
00:23:05,951 --> 00:23:07,318
[Jonathan] He's going up!

541
00:23:07,352 --> 00:23:08,619
We hit him.

542
00:23:08,653 --> 00:23:10,020
He's on his way!

543
00:23:10,055 --> 00:23:12,490
Aaah! [laughs]

544
00:23:12,524 --> 00:23:14,091
Patrick! [laughs]

545
00:23:14,993 --> 00:23:16,093
Woooh!

546
00:23:16,128 --> 00:23:18,396
[Patrick]<i> Surface, LF,</i>

547
00:23:18,430 --> 00:23:21,132
<i>the lander has released</i>

548
00:23:21,166 --> 00:23:22,867
[cheering]

549
00:23:22,901 --> 00:23:25,069
[Victor] <i>This is the deepest</i>

550
00:23:25,103 --> 00:23:28,639
<i>maritime salvage operation
ever attempted.</i>

551
00:23:28,673 --> 00:23:30,074
<i>And to say that we actually had</i>

552
00:23:30,108 --> 00:23:32,376
<i>a marine lander trapped
on the bottom</i>

553
00:23:32,411 --> 00:23:37,181
and then sent two men
submersible to the bottom,

554
00:23:37,215 --> 00:23:38,883
<i>found it and released,</i>

555
00:23:38,917 --> 00:23:41,152
<i>it is simply a technological
tour deforce.</i>

556
00:23:41,186 --> 00:23:43,721
<i>It's extraordinary. I am
so proud of the entire team.</i>

557
00:23:49,194 --> 00:23:51,462
[chuckles]

558
00:23:51,496 --> 00:23:53,497
[Demetri]<i> With all</i>
<i>three landers on board,</i>

559
00:23:53,532 --> 00:23:55,065
<i>the crew is now getting ready</i>

560
00:23:55,100 --> 00:23:57,268
<i>for the deepest dive
on the planet.</i>

561
00:23:58,904 --> 00:24:00,438
<i>And the scanning team has made</i>

562
00:24:00,472 --> 00:24:03,107
<i>a ground-breaking new discovery.</i>

563
00:24:03,141 --> 00:24:04,875
<i>Their high-resolution data</i>

564
00:24:04,910 --> 00:24:06,944
<i>reveals a location
on this planet</i>

565
00:24:06,978 --> 00:24:09,213
<i>that's deeper
than any found before.</i>

566
00:24:10,215 --> 00:24:12,783
[Cassie]<i> We estimate</i>
<i>to be 10,920.</i>

567
00:24:12,818 --> 00:24:15,853
Plus or minus 15 to 20 meters.

568
00:24:15,887 --> 00:24:19,423
[Demetri]<i> At nearly</i>
<i>36,000 feet deep,</i>

569
00:24:19,458 --> 00:24:22,359
<i>it's a staggering 117 times</i>

570
00:24:22,394 --> 00:24:25,196
<i>the height of the Statue
of Liberty.</i>

571
00:24:25,230 --> 00:24:27,431
<i>If Victor is successful
in his mission,</i>

572
00:24:27,466 --> 00:24:29,633
<i>he will become
the deepest-diving man</i>

573
00:24:29,668 --> 00:24:31,168
<i>in history.</i>

574
00:24:32,871 --> 00:24:34,138
[Victor] We're going
to be assaulting

575
00:24:34,172 --> 00:24:35,973
the challenger deep
with more technology

576
00:24:36,007 --> 00:24:37,341
and more capability than anyone

577
00:24:37,375 --> 00:24:38,976
has ever done in history.

578
00:24:39,010 --> 00:24:40,945
We have the most advanced
sonar in the world

579
00:24:40,979 --> 00:24:43,147
and we have a submarine
with a two-person

580
00:24:43,181 --> 00:24:45,783
titanium sphere
that can do multiple dives.

581
00:24:45,817 --> 00:24:47,451
No one had this before.

582
00:24:47,486 --> 00:24:48,919
One, two, three.

583
00:24:53,058 --> 00:24:55,526
[Demetri]<i> This will be</i>
<i>the sub's ultimate test.</i>

584
00:24:57,729 --> 00:24:59,830
[Victor]<i> The challenger deep</i>
<i>here in the Mariana trench</i>

585
00:24:59,865 --> 00:25:01,999
<i>is the mount Everest
of deep ocean diving.</i>

586
00:25:04,436 --> 00:25:07,404
<i>The pressure is 16,000 psi.</i>

587
00:25:07,439 --> 00:25:09,039
<i>The viewports they compress</i>

588
00:25:09,074 --> 00:25:10,140
<i>almost a quarter of an inch</i>

589
00:25:10,175 --> 00:25:11,475
<i>under that intense pressure.</i>

590
00:25:11,510 --> 00:25:12,643
[Patrick] Ready for Victor.

591
00:25:12,677 --> 00:25:14,245
500 meters from the site.

592
00:25:14,279 --> 00:25:17,114
[Victor]<i> It's three</i>
<i>and a half to four hours</i>

593
00:25:17,148 --> 00:25:20,518
<i>- down and up.</i>
- Have a great dive Victor.

594
00:25:20,552 --> 00:25:23,087
[Victor]<i> So it stresses every</i>
<i>part of the submersible.</i>

595
00:25:23,989 --> 00:25:25,723
Good luck to us all.

596
00:25:25,757 --> 00:25:28,125
<i>What's really worrying is that</i>

597
00:25:28,159 --> 00:25:29,994
<i>something might not work.</i>

598
00:25:30,028 --> 00:25:32,596
[Demetri]<i> If something</i>
<i>serious goes wrong,</i>

599
00:25:32,631 --> 00:25:35,132
<i>Victor is on his own,
where no other craft</i>

600
00:25:35,166 --> 00:25:36,834
<i>can possibly reach him.</i>

601
00:25:42,073 --> 00:25:43,607
[Tim] Sub's clear!

602
00:25:46,511 --> 00:25:47,912
All comes down to this

603
00:25:47,946 --> 00:25:51,115
after 4 years of planning,
building, testing, diving,

604
00:25:51,149 --> 00:25:52,583
this is the big one.

605
00:25:52,617 --> 00:25:55,619
[dramatic music playing]

606
00:26:01,660 --> 00:26:03,561
[Kelvin]<i> Fantastic,</i>
<i>have a good one Victor.</i>

607
00:26:05,363 --> 00:26:07,031
[Victor]<i> Thank you. See you</i>
<i>all on the other side.</i>

608
00:26:08,066 --> 00:26:09,433
Let's get the oxygen
going here...

609
00:26:12,337 --> 00:26:15,005
[Demetri]<i> To keep Victor</i>
<i>alive deep under the water,</i>

610
00:26:15,040 --> 00:26:17,074
<i>the sub is equipped
with enough oxygen</i>

611
00:26:17,108 --> 00:26:19,510
<i>to last for 4 days,</i>

612
00:26:19,544 --> 00:26:22,046
<i>but the carbon dioxide
Victor exhales</i>

613
00:26:22,080 --> 00:26:23,747
<i>could be lethal.</i>

614
00:26:23,782 --> 00:26:26,717
<i>So two high-tech devices
called "scrubbers",</i>

615
00:26:26,751 --> 00:26:28,452
<i>packed with absorbent materials,</i>

616
00:26:28,486 --> 00:26:31,055
<i>work relentlessly
to keep the carbon dioxide</i>

617
00:26:31,089 --> 00:26:33,023
<i>below dangerous limits.</i>

618
00:26:38,430 --> 00:26:42,733
[Victor] Surface,
LF present depth, 833.

619
00:26:42,767 --> 00:26:46,437
Heading 045.

620
00:26:46,471 --> 00:26:49,273
<i>- Life support good.</i>
- [Patrick]<i> Roger LF,</i>

621
00:26:49,307 --> 00:26:51,575
understand life support good,

622
00:26:51,610 --> 00:26:53,510
we have you loud
and clear, Victor.

623
00:26:57,882 --> 00:26:59,283
[Victor] You can hear the
outside of the sub creaking

624
00:26:59,317 --> 00:27:01,018
just a little bit
as it just kind of settles in.

625
00:27:02,320 --> 00:27:04,421
[Demetri]<i> Every 60 seconds,</i>
<i>the pressure</i>

626
00:27:04,456 --> 00:27:07,891
<i>on the sub increases
by 400 tons.</i>

627
00:27:07,926 --> 00:27:09,760
<i>The equivalent of one jumbo jet</i>

628
00:27:09,794 --> 00:27:11,996
<i>added on top of it every minute.</i>

629
00:27:14,099 --> 00:27:15,966
<i>Victor is aiming for a lander,</i>

630
00:27:16,001 --> 00:27:18,569
<i>located in the deepest part
of the trench.</i>

631
00:27:18,603 --> 00:27:20,504
<i>He will then ping the other two</i>

632
00:27:20,538 --> 00:27:23,107
<i>to determine his exact
position on the seabed.</i>

633
00:27:24,743 --> 00:27:27,177
My three companion robots
are probably

634
00:27:27,212 --> 00:27:28,412
<i>on the bottom now.</i>

635
00:27:32,884 --> 00:27:35,886
[beeping sound]

636
00:27:37,055 --> 00:27:39,189
[Tom] All right. Patrick,
we've got an issue.

637
00:27:39,224 --> 00:27:41,191
Lander on the way up.

638
00:27:42,327 --> 00:27:43,627
[Demetri] <i>The release mechanism</i>

639
00:27:43,662 --> 00:27:45,929
<i>on one of the landers
has triggered early</i>

640
00:27:45,964 --> 00:27:48,899
<i>and it is now hurtling up
under the sub.</i>

641
00:27:48,933 --> 00:27:52,603
Captain be advised,
we appear to have a situation.

642
00:27:52,637 --> 00:27:55,439
<i>The lander has left
the bottom unexpectedly.</i>

643
00:27:55,473 --> 00:27:58,442
At this time
just about 400 meters

644
00:27:58,476 --> 00:28:01,378
below Victor and on its way up.

645
00:28:04,783 --> 00:28:07,885
That's weird,
the lander is closer to 'em.

646
00:28:07,919 --> 00:28:09,386
Wrong reading?

647
00:28:11,022 --> 00:28:12,823
Something wrong with its modem?

648
00:28:14,592 --> 00:28:16,393
LF, LF.

649
00:28:16,428 --> 00:28:17,528
<i>LF.</i>

650
00:28:17,562 --> 00:28:19,463
Roger, go ahead.

651
00:28:19,497 --> 00:28:20,831
Be advised,

652
00:28:20,865 --> 00:28:23,233
<i>lander has left bottom.</i>

653
00:28:23,268 --> 00:28:25,169
Has left bottom.

654
00:28:26,705 --> 00:28:29,807
[Victor] Oh [bleep]
there is a collision risk.

655
00:28:31,443 --> 00:28:33,410
I mean, I'm going down
right on top of it.

656
00:28:35,280 --> 00:28:36,447
<i>Hope it doesn't hit me.</i>

657
00:28:37,582 --> 00:28:39,083
[Demetri]<i> If there's</i>
<i>a collision,</i>

658
00:28:39,117 --> 00:28:41,251
<i>it could rupture
mission-critical components</i>

659
00:28:41,286 --> 00:28:42,686
<i>of the sub.</i>

660
00:28:46,391 --> 00:28:49,793
[Patrick] They are not even
200 meters apart now.

661
00:28:49,828 --> 00:28:52,429
Hundred and fifty meters apart.

662
00:28:52,464 --> 00:28:53,864
They are hundred meters apart.

663
00:28:55,266 --> 00:28:57,000
- Within 50 meters.
- [Victor] [bleep]

664
00:29:08,446 --> 00:29:10,881
[Demetri]<i> On his way down to</i>
<i>the deepest place on earth,</i>

665
00:29:10,915 --> 00:29:12,883
<i>Victor is in danger of crashing</i>

666
00:29:12,917 --> 00:29:15,152
<i>into one of his own
robotic landers,</i>

667
00:29:15,186 --> 00:29:16,920
<i>now heading up beneath the sub.</i>

668
00:29:16,955 --> 00:29:19,490
[static radio]

669
00:29:19,524 --> 00:29:21,825
[Demetri]<i> If Victor collides</i>
<i>with the lander,</i>

670
00:29:21,860 --> 00:29:24,361
<i>it could be the end
of the mission.</i>

671
00:29:24,395 --> 00:29:26,597
I've always worried
about mid-air collisions

672
00:29:26,631 --> 00:29:28,565
as a pilot, but I never
thought I could have

673
00:29:28,633 --> 00:29:31,101
that deep in the Mariana Trench.

674
00:29:32,237 --> 00:29:33,570
[Patrick] Within 50 meters.

675
00:29:35,540 --> 00:29:37,875
I am certainly not gonna be
jamming thrusters down.

676
00:29:37,909 --> 00:29:38,842
I don't want to run into him.

677
00:29:40,378 --> 00:29:42,780
[Patrick] They're probably
very close to one another.

678
00:29:42,814 --> 00:29:45,816
[dramatic music playing]

679
00:29:50,054 --> 00:29:53,056
[Victor indistinct on radio]

680
00:29:56,327 --> 00:29:57,795
[Patrick] It's above him.

681
00:30:01,766 --> 00:30:03,634
[Victor] Yep, looks like
it has passed me.

682
00:30:05,870 --> 00:30:07,704
Strange things happen
down at this depth.

683
00:30:11,476 --> 00:30:14,745
Woah, seeing 10,000 meters
is pretty interesting.

684
00:30:14,779 --> 00:30:15,913
That's a big number.

685
00:30:17,081 --> 00:30:18,715
Can't help but to be
a little bit nervous.

686
00:30:20,285 --> 00:30:21,552
[Demetri]<i> The sub is now under</i>

687
00:30:21,586 --> 00:30:23,821
<i>the greatest pressure
in our oceans.</i>

688
00:30:23,855 --> 00:30:26,623
<i>Equivalent to having
the largest aircraft carrier</i>

689
00:30:26,658 --> 00:30:28,826
<i>in the world sat on top of it.</i>

690
00:30:30,295 --> 00:30:32,296
[Victor] Altimeter is at 237.

691
00:30:33,531 --> 00:30:34,865
Looking out the portal
just make sure

692
00:30:34,933 --> 00:30:37,701
that I don't slam
in the bottom here.

693
00:30:37,735 --> 00:30:40,737
[dramatic music playing]

694
00:30:44,809 --> 00:30:46,710
Thirty-four meters to go.

695
00:30:46,744 --> 00:30:48,145
Should start coming into view...

696
00:30:49,614 --> 00:30:52,583
<i>Come on. So close.</i>

697
00:30:58,056 --> 00:30:59,890
Eighteen meters.

698
00:30:59,924 --> 00:31:02,993
[dramatic music playing]

699
00:31:04,996 --> 00:31:06,296
I can see the bottom
on my display,

700
00:31:06,331 --> 00:31:07,364
there's the brown of the bottom.

701
00:31:15,506 --> 00:31:16,707
<i>Touchdown.</i>

702
00:31:16,741 --> 00:31:19,743
[dramatic music playing]

703
00:31:23,348 --> 00:31:26,617
There is the bottom
of the entire ocean.

704
00:31:31,656 --> 00:31:33,357
Surface LF,

705
00:31:33,391 --> 00:31:35,058
<i>at bottom.</i>

706
00:31:35,093 --> 00:31:38,295
[cheers and applause]

707
00:31:38,329 --> 00:31:40,631
Congratulations Victor,
congratulations.

708
00:31:41,866 --> 00:31:44,568
[Victor]<i> Congratulations</i>
<i>to you all.</i>

709
00:31:44,602 --> 00:31:48,572
[Demetri]<i> Victor is now</i>
<i>35,843 feet</i>

710
00:31:48,606 --> 00:31:51,341
<i>below the surface,
deeper than anyone else</i>

711
00:31:51,376 --> 00:31:53,277
<i>before him.</i>

712
00:31:53,311 --> 00:31:55,145
Beginning exploration
of the bottom.

713
00:32:01,019 --> 00:32:03,020
<i>Outstanding. What a moment...</i>

714
00:32:05,390 --> 00:32:08,025
Wow, it's so soft.

715
00:32:08,059 --> 00:32:10,894
<i>In some respects this is
such an alien environment.</i>

716
00:32:10,929 --> 00:32:12,095
<i>Eleven thousand meters down,</i>

717
00:32:12,130 --> 00:32:15,299
<i>16000 PSI, no light.</i>

718
00:32:15,333 --> 00:32:17,034
<i>This is almost like
an alien world.</i>

719
00:32:20,872 --> 00:32:23,106
Oh, wow, wow, what's that guy?

720
00:32:23,141 --> 00:32:25,676
Whoa, whoa, we've got to go
back and check that out.

721
00:32:25,710 --> 00:32:28,278
That looked like something
really interesting.

722
00:32:28,313 --> 00:32:30,447
Who are you little guy?

723
00:32:31,849 --> 00:32:33,450
What in the hell are you?

724
00:32:33,484 --> 00:32:37,321
You're like a...
a jellyfish snake.

725
00:32:37,355 --> 00:32:40,691
[Demetri]<i> This sea cucumber</i>
<i>uses its transparent tube</i>

726
00:32:40,725 --> 00:32:43,560
<i>feet to forage for food
in these crushing depths.</i>

727
00:32:44,796 --> 00:32:46,129
Definitely some life down here.

728
00:32:46,164 --> 00:32:47,931
I saw it with my own eyes.

729
00:32:49,901 --> 00:32:51,234
[Demetri]<i> During</i>
<i>their operations</i>

730
00:32:51,269 --> 00:32:54,171
<i>below 13,000 feet
in the Mariana Trench,</i>

731
00:32:54,205 --> 00:32:56,139
<i>the science team
has gathered footage</i>

732
00:32:56,174 --> 00:32:57,975
<i>of even stranger animals.</i>

733
00:33:02,347 --> 00:33:04,648
- Look at that.
- [Johanna] That is cool.

734
00:33:06,117 --> 00:33:08,652
[Alan]<i> This fish is a cusk eel.</i>

735
00:33:08,686 --> 00:33:10,187
<i>What makes this one
really interesting</i>

736
00:33:10,221 --> 00:33:11,822
<i>is that it has
a transparent head</i>

737
00:33:11,856 --> 00:33:13,557
<i>made of a gel like substance.</i>

738
00:33:13,591 --> 00:33:14,958
It's almost certainly
a new species.

739
00:33:16,394 --> 00:33:18,261
- Well, that's not a fish.
- [Joanna] I know.

740
00:33:18,296 --> 00:33:19,529
What the hell is that?

741
00:33:22,233 --> 00:33:23,767
<i>This animal that is
drifting past the camera</i>

742
00:33:23,801 --> 00:33:25,535
<i>is a colony or collection</i>

743
00:33:25,570 --> 00:33:27,237
<i>of lots of little small animals.</i>

744
00:33:27,271 --> 00:33:28,939
<i>It's kind of like a jellyfish</i>

745
00:33:28,973 --> 00:33:30,540
<i>but there is lots of,
if you imagine thousands</i>

746
00:33:30,575 --> 00:33:32,009
<i>of little jellyfish
holding it together,</i>

747
00:33:32,043 --> 00:33:33,643
<i>and we call that a siphonophore.</i>

748
00:33:38,783 --> 00:33:40,083
[Johanna]<i> Oh,</i>
<i>that's a really good shot.</i>

749
00:33:40,118 --> 00:33:41,251
[Alan]<i> I would say</i>
<i>that's the best video</i>

750
00:33:41,285 --> 00:33:42,819
<i>of a snailfish we've ever got.</i>

751
00:33:44,856 --> 00:33:47,391
<i>The Mariana snailfish
is quite an iconic fish.</i>

752
00:33:49,227 --> 00:33:51,795
<i>These fish are right
on the absolute limit</i>

753
00:33:51,829 --> 00:33:55,399
of what all fish
in the world can cope with.

754
00:33:55,433 --> 00:33:56,566
<i>If they were to go any deeper</i>

755
00:33:56,601 --> 00:33:57,734
<i>than where we have seen them</i>

756
00:33:57,769 --> 00:34:01,571
<i>their cells would start
to implode.</i>

757
00:34:01,605 --> 00:34:02,839
[Demetri]<i> It is a rare glimpse</i>

758
00:34:02,874 --> 00:34:05,208
<i>of the elusive creatures
of the deep,</i>

759
00:34:05,243 --> 00:34:08,845
<i>but soon Victor makes
a more disturbing discovery.</i>

760
00:34:10,882 --> 00:34:12,249
[Victor] What the hell is that?

761
00:34:13,918 --> 00:34:15,318
<i>I saw something that looked like</i>

762
00:34:15,353 --> 00:34:18,455
<i>a triangle and nature
doesn't do straight edges,</i>

763
00:34:18,489 --> 00:34:19,890
<i>they don't do straight lines,</i>

764
00:34:19,924 --> 00:34:21,258
<i>and I saw something
that looked like</i>

765
00:34:21,292 --> 00:34:24,161
<i>a piece of refuse.</i>

766
00:34:24,195 --> 00:34:26,863
[Demetri]<i> Close examination</i>
<i>reveals what appears</i>

767
00:34:26,898 --> 00:34:28,432
<i>to be a letter "S",</i>

768
00:34:28,466 --> 00:34:30,934
<i>evidence of the
unstoppable impact</i>

769
00:34:30,968 --> 00:34:32,269
<i>of human pollution.</i>

770
00:34:32,303 --> 00:34:34,905
[Victor]<i> It's unfortunate</i>
<i>that even there</i>

771
00:34:34,939 --> 00:34:37,007
<i>at the very bottom of the ocean,</i>

772
00:34:37,041 --> 00:34:39,843
<i>that there is, you know,
contamination of some kind.</i>

773
00:34:42,980 --> 00:34:45,015
[Demetri]<i> Victor</i>
<i>has broken a record,</i>

774
00:34:45,049 --> 00:34:47,784
<i>but extreme conditions
are taking their toll.</i>

775
00:34:47,819 --> 00:34:50,353
I've been here for 4 hours.

776
00:34:50,388 --> 00:34:52,722
We're running out of power.

777
00:34:52,757 --> 00:34:54,891
Challenger Deep.

778
00:34:54,926 --> 00:34:57,027
Let's go home.

779
00:34:57,061 --> 00:34:58,595
Surface weight release.

780
00:34:58,629 --> 00:35:00,330
Here we go.

781
00:35:00,364 --> 00:35:01,865
Like a moon launch.

782
00:35:05,236 --> 00:35:06,903
[beeping sound]

783
00:35:09,407 --> 00:35:11,374
What was that? That's a new one.

784
00:35:14,612 --> 00:35:16,113
Well that ain't good.

785
00:35:19,984 --> 00:35:22,152
It looks like we've got
a big battery fault, yeah.

786
00:35:24,689 --> 00:35:26,123
I wonder if I hit something
on the bottom

787
00:35:26,157 --> 00:35:28,492
that might have caused an issue.

788
00:35:34,866 --> 00:35:36,766
Oh, that's great.

789
00:35:36,801 --> 00:35:38,502
Now everything is black in here.

790
00:35:39,370 --> 00:35:41,371
[dramatic music playing]

791
00:35:42,840 --> 00:35:44,541
My heart rate is up
a little bit.

792
00:35:47,912 --> 00:35:51,882
Surface, LF has lost power,

793
00:35:51,916 --> 00:35:55,085
is on emergency
battery power only.

794
00:35:55,119 --> 00:35:58,088
<i>Do not have good communication.</i>

795
00:35:58,122 --> 00:36:01,191
[Patrick] Roger, understand,
we will track you

796
00:36:01,225 --> 00:36:03,226
from the surface.

797
00:36:03,261 --> 00:36:05,061
[Demetri]<i> Still three hours</i>
<i>from the surface</i>

798
00:36:05,096 --> 00:36:07,364
<i>and with no main battery supply,</i>

799
00:36:07,398 --> 00:36:10,066
<i>the sub's systems
start shutting down.</i>

800
00:36:11,002 --> 00:36:12,869
<i>First goes the heating</i>

801
00:36:12,904 --> 00:36:14,571
<i>and the temperature
quickly drops</i>

802
00:36:14,605 --> 00:36:16,072
<i>to near freezing.</i>

803
00:36:16,107 --> 00:36:17,807
Got my warm gloves.

804
00:36:17,842 --> 00:36:19,176
[Demetri]<i> But things</i>
<i>are about to get</i>

805
00:36:19,210 --> 00:36:20,710
<i>far more serious...</i>

806
00:36:20,745 --> 00:36:21,878
[beeping sound]

807
00:36:21,913 --> 00:36:24,548
CO2 alarm 0.5.

808
00:36:24,582 --> 00:36:26,383
[Demetri]<i> Normal</i>
<i>carbon dioxide levels</i>

809
00:36:26,417 --> 00:36:30,487
<i>in the air are 0.04%.</i>

810
00:36:30,521 --> 00:36:33,290
<i>In the sub they are now
rising rapidly.</i>

811
00:36:33,324 --> 00:36:35,625
[tense music playing]

812
00:36:35,660 --> 00:36:38,595
[static radio]

813
00:36:38,629 --> 00:36:41,064
CO2 is 0.72? Is it?

814
00:36:41,098 --> 00:36:43,233
[Demetri]<i> Every breath</i>
<i>Victor takes</i>

815
00:36:43,267 --> 00:36:45,702
<i>releases more toxic
carbon dioxide</i>

816
00:36:45,736 --> 00:36:47,771
<i>into a sealed environment.</i>

817
00:36:47,805 --> 00:36:49,706
<i>If the levels keep rising,</i>

818
00:36:49,740 --> 00:36:51,208
<i>Victor may not have long</i>

819
00:36:51,242 --> 00:36:53,176
<i>before he loses consciousness.</i>

820
00:37:05,556 --> 00:37:07,857
[dramatic music playing]

821
00:37:07,892 --> 00:37:09,993
[Steve]<i> Still 40 minutes</i>
<i>from the surface,</i>

822
00:37:10,027 --> 00:37:12,262
<i>carbon dioxide levels
inside the sub</i>

823
00:37:12,296 --> 00:37:14,431
<i>are reaching alarming levels.</i>

824
00:37:15,900 --> 00:37:17,200
[beeping sound]

825
00:37:17,235 --> 00:37:20,036
The CO2 is rising rapidly.

826
00:37:20,071 --> 00:37:23,073
At 1% CO2 you start
to feel ill effects,

827
00:37:23,107 --> 00:37:25,675
at 2% I believe you pass out.

828
00:37:25,710 --> 00:37:27,677
[Demetri]<i> If the levels</i>
<i>keep rising,</i>

829
00:37:27,712 --> 00:37:30,313
<i>Victor might not reach
the surface in time.</i>

830
00:37:30,348 --> 00:37:32,349
0.5 is the alarm condition.

831
00:37:33,317 --> 00:37:35,619
LF, what is your O2 reading?

832
00:37:36,654 --> 00:37:39,723
Confirm, both scrubbers
are running?

833
00:37:43,261 --> 00:37:46,062
You do have
a secondary analox unit

834
00:37:46,097 --> 00:37:47,530
<i>you can power that up.</i>

835
00:37:47,565 --> 00:37:50,533
[tense music playing]

836
00:37:55,106 --> 00:37:57,073
[Patrick] LF,
what is your reading?

837
00:37:59,710 --> 00:38:03,346
Control be advised
CO2 level 0.32.

838
00:38:05,983 --> 00:38:09,819
Roger. Say again,
say again your last Victor.

839
00:38:09,854 --> 00:38:12,422
[static radio]

840
00:38:12,456 --> 00:38:14,824
Control be advised, CO2 level

841
00:38:14,859 --> 00:38:16,893
back down to 0.32.

842
00:38:19,697 --> 00:38:21,631
Roger that, okay man,

843
00:38:21,666 --> 00:38:23,199
will see you on the surface.

844
00:38:24,635 --> 00:38:27,203
[Demetri]<i> 12 hours since</i>
<i>his early morning launch,</i>

845
00:38:27,238 --> 00:38:30,640
<i>Victor returns from
the deepest place on earth.</i>

846
00:38:30,675 --> 00:38:33,276
[Rob]<i> LF, this is Xeno,</i>
<i>welcome back, Victor.</i>

847
00:38:34,078 --> 00:38:35,645
[Tim] Swimmer in the water!

848
00:38:41,585 --> 00:38:44,287
[Rob]<i> LF, LF Xeno This is Xeno.</i>

849
00:38:45,523 --> 00:38:47,257
<i>Yeah, Victor,
we are taking the odd wave</i>

850
00:38:47,291 --> 00:38:50,760
<i>across the top of the sub,
if you could thrust up.</i>

851
00:38:50,795 --> 00:38:51,895
[Victor] Surface, be advised,

852
00:38:51,929 --> 00:38:53,430
using thrusters overloaded

853
00:38:53,464 --> 00:38:56,299
my remaining batteries,
batteries are dead.

854
00:38:56,334 --> 00:38:57,667
[Demetri] <i>With no power left,</i>

855
00:38:57,702 --> 00:38:59,636
<i>the sub can't fully resurface.</i>

856
00:38:59,670 --> 00:39:02,105
<i>Swimmer Tim once more
has to put his body</i>

857
00:39:02,139 --> 00:39:04,107
<i>- on the line.</i>
- [Tim] I got it, back away

858
00:39:04,141 --> 00:39:05,575
[man speaking indistinctly]

859
00:39:06,944 --> 00:39:08,878
[man]<i> Okay.</i>
<i>Standby with the handrail.</i>

860
00:39:08,913 --> 00:39:10,747
[Patrick]<i> Keep an eye</i>
<i>on that towline, boys.</i>

861
00:39:14,185 --> 00:39:15,819
[Tim] Towline has come loose!

862
00:39:15,853 --> 00:39:17,454
Towline has come loose!

863
00:39:19,957 --> 00:39:21,257
[Rob] Give him slack!
Give him slack!

864
00:39:21,292 --> 00:39:22,025
Give him slack!

865
00:39:22,059 --> 00:39:23,893
You okay Tim?

866
00:39:23,928 --> 00:39:26,930
[tense music playing]

867
00:39:32,670 --> 00:39:34,371
Tim? You look good?

868
00:39:36,006 --> 00:39:37,407
You okay, Tim?

869
00:39:40,378 --> 00:39:43,380
[tense music playing]

870
00:39:46,751 --> 00:39:49,219
[Patrick] LF is on the hook.

871
00:39:49,253 --> 00:39:51,121
That was [bleep] sporty boys.

872
00:39:51,155 --> 00:39:54,157
[dramatic music playing]

873
00:39:57,294 --> 00:40:00,296
[cheers and applause]

874
00:40:01,999 --> 00:40:04,601
[Victor] Thank you, guys,
well done!

875
00:40:04,635 --> 00:40:06,603
Thanks for coming to get me!

876
00:40:06,637 --> 00:40:08,471
[Demetri]<i> Despite</i>
<i>an electrical failure</i>

877
00:40:08,506 --> 00:40:10,673
<i>and a carbon dioxide scare,</i>

878
00:40:10,708 --> 00:40:12,909
<i>Victor has conquered the fourth</i>

879
00:40:12,943 --> 00:40:14,544
<i>of the five oceans.</i>

880
00:40:14,578 --> 00:40:16,146
[Victor] Well done.

881
00:40:16,180 --> 00:40:18,381
[Patrick] You did it buddy,
you did it!

882
00:40:18,416 --> 00:40:19,649
- [Don] Congratulations.
- [Victor] Captain Walsh,

883
00:40:19,683 --> 00:40:21,217
well done sir. Thank you
for showing the way.

884
00:40:21,252 --> 00:40:22,519
- [Don] You're my hero.
- Thank you.

885
00:40:22,553 --> 00:40:23,586
No, you're mine.

886
00:40:23,621 --> 00:40:24,721
[Patrick] Victor Vescovo,

887
00:40:24,755 --> 00:40:27,090
world's deepest diver!

888
00:40:27,124 --> 00:40:29,025
Whoo!

889
00:40:29,059 --> 00:40:30,994
[Victor]<i> It was a...</i>
<i>It was an amazing dive.</i>

890
00:40:31,028 --> 00:40:34,063
<i>I think almost exactly 12 hours</i>

891
00:40:34,098 --> 00:40:36,399
but I must confess
that there is more life

892
00:40:36,434 --> 00:40:37,700
down there than I expected.

893
00:40:37,735 --> 00:40:39,869
I thought it was
gonna be completely dead,

894
00:40:39,904 --> 00:40:41,504
and it is not.

895
00:40:41,539 --> 00:40:44,541
[dramatic music playing]

896
00:40:47,044 --> 00:40:49,012
I'm just glad to have you...

897
00:40:49,046 --> 00:40:50,413
- It's good to be back.
- ...back home safe.

898
00:40:52,783 --> 00:40:53,883
It's great to have him back.

899
00:40:53,918 --> 00:40:55,585
It was a great dive.

900
00:40:55,619 --> 00:40:58,421
[Don]<i> It's an inspired</i>
<i>clever design.</i>

901
00:40:58,456 --> 00:41:01,791
And even it's been 60 years
since we did ours,

902
00:41:02,893 --> 00:41:06,496
this is like stepping
into the future.

903
00:41:08,065 --> 00:41:09,699
[Victor]<i> Looking at a map</i>
<i>you can take a look</i>

904
00:41:09,733 --> 00:41:13,269
<i>at the Mariana Trench
and its very dark and blue,</i>

905
00:41:13,304 --> 00:41:16,172
<i>even black. Its intimidating.</i>

906
00:41:16,207 --> 00:41:17,740
<i>I have seen the sandy bottoms,</i>

907
00:41:17,775 --> 00:41:19,542
<i>I've seen the rocky ledges,</i>

908
00:41:19,577 --> 00:41:22,312
<i>and it's not a deep
dark scary place,</i>

909
00:41:22,346 --> 00:41:24,047
<i>it's tough to get to</i>

910
00:41:24,081 --> 00:41:26,149
<i>but there's an incredible
amount of things</i>

911
00:41:26,183 --> 00:41:28,485
<i>to discover there
and we now have a tool</i>

912
00:41:28,519 --> 00:41:29,886
<i>that can bring us there.</i>

913
00:41:29,920 --> 00:41:32,922
[dramatic music playing]

