His love for the oceans led James Cameron to descend several meters underwater, even exploring one of the deepest pits on the planet, breaking a new record.

James Cameron has always felt drawn to underwater landscapes and this has been reflected in his filmography, notably in Avatar: the path of water as well as titanic, one of his most recognized works. In fact, to do the movie with Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio, the director descended several times on the remains of the famous ship that sank in 1912However, that wasn’t his only aquatic adventure.

The filmmaker became the first human being to descend alone into the Mariana Trench, located in the western Pacific Ocean, which is probably one of the deepest marine depressions on the planet, since it is 6.8 miles deep, the equivalent of 11 kilometers. An abyssal distance if we consider that the director of terminator He had only descended 3,800 meters to study the Titanic, a trip that in itself was already risky, even when trapped for 16 hours.

The Oscar-winning actor joined the National Geographic expedition led by Kevin Hand on March 25, 2012. The Canadian made the descent with the help of the self-designed Challenger Deep submarine; it took about 2 hours and 36 minutes to reach the bottom, once there, he was responsible for collecting scientific data as well as information on the specimens that were there. The mission was a complete success and the ascent was quicker than expected, taking only 70 minutes.

“Here I am, in the most remote place on planet Earth, which took so much time, energy and technology to reach, and I feel like the loneliest human being on the planet, totally cut off from humanity, with no chance of being rescued in a place no human eye has ever seen. I felt like in a single day I had traveled to another planet and come back,” he shared in an interview with National Geographic.

Before fully emerging, the creator of Avatar he spent hours collecting samples and videos, which surely served as inspiration for his films. An experience that will mark him forever and make him a legend, because before him there was only one expedition that reached the depths of the Mariana Trench, which was commanded by Don Walsh and Jacques Piccard in 1960.

The director confessed that his passion for the oceans began with the documentaries of Jacques Cousteau and that over the years he was preparing to dive, in fact in the documentary of Titanic Mysteriesavailable on Netflix, you can find out more about his exploration of the famous ship. This afternoon, James Cameron shared his statements on the tragedy of the experimental Ocean Gate submersible, where he showed his surprise at the similarities to the Titanic disaster.