Deep sea explorer Don Walsh, part of 2-man crew to first reach deepest point of ocean, dies at 92 – Winnipeg Free Press
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Walsh was an explorer who in 1960 was part of a two-man crew that made the first voyage to the deepest part of the ocean.
Retired Navy Capt. Don Walsh, an explorer and Oregonian who in 1960 was part of a two-man crew that made the first voyage to the deepest part of the ocean
Retired Navy Capt. Don Walsh, an explorer who in 1960 was part of a two-man crew that made the first voyage to the Mariana Trench, died at his Myrtle Point home.
Retired Navy Capt. Don Walsh, an explorer who in 1960 was part of a two-man crew that made the first voyage to the deepest part of the ocean — to the “snuff-colored ooze” at the bottom of the Pacific’s Mariana Trench — has died. He was 92.