Explorer and businessman Victor Vescovo descended to the deepest part of the Mariana Trench, landing deeper than Don Walsh, James Piccard, and James Cameron.
At 35,853 feet below the surface of the Pacific Ocean, the pressure was roughly 1,000 times more than the pressure at sea level.
He observed bacterial mats and small arthropods at the world’s deepest point but also recorded seeing a plastic bag and candy bar wrapper.