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Mixed with the grief when the OceanGate submersible imploded on its descent to the Titanic in June was rage. Many in the small and tight-knit community of deep-sea explorers had warned that this precise tragedy would unfold, that the Titan submersible was not fit for purpose, that it was built in a cavalier fashion, and “was a monstrosity”, to use the words of Patrick Lahey, co-founder of Triton Submarines, who I interviewed recently for our BOAT Briefing podcast (boatint.com/podcast). Those warnings, tragically, went unheeded and we all know what happened next.
The incident has cast an unfortunate pall over deep-sea exploration, but it’s an unfair one. Responsible players in this sector, like Triton, have an unceasing track record of safety. All their underwater vehicles, unlike OceanGate’s, are classed by third-party authorities, and pack extreme redundancy. It’s one of the reasons James Cameron, he of Avatar and Titanic fame, chose to invest in the company.
I spoke to the Canadian filmmaker earlier this year. He has a clear-eyed mission to open the deep to more people through his investment in Triton. He is a man obsessed. “The thing that I love about the deep ocean is that every time you dive, every single time, you see something you’ve never seen before. And every once in a while you’re going to see something nobody has ever seen before,” he says. How could you not be inspired by that? I hope all the adventure content in this month’s magazine keeps you diving, exploring and discovering.
Stewart Campbell
Editor-in-chief