What vessel is attributed to being able to descend into the Challenger Deep?

a. Glomar Challenger
b. Trieste
c. Meteor
d. HMS Challenger II


ANS: B
The Trieste was a blimp-like bathyscaphe designed by the Swiss. United States Navy lieutenant Don
Walsh and Jacques Piccard were able to use this to go down into the Challenger Deep in 1960. This
was the beginning of manned and unmanned travel into the depths of the ocean. Information can be
found in the section Contemporary Oceanography Makes Use of Modern Technology

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