Voices
DAVID
GALLO
HUFFINGTON
06.09.13
SCIENCE
COURTESY OF TED
What You Don’t Know
About Life in the Ocean
I HAD THE privilege of spending
a few days with Jim Cameron recently. Most people know Jim as
the person who created the two
highest grossing films (Avatar and
Titanic) in Hollywood history. Few
know him as a recognized leader in
ocean exploration and a true ocean
champion. Among other things,
he’s earned that reputation by his
development of new technologies,
by his unparalleled exploration of
RMS Titanic, and most recently by
his seven-mile solo dive to the very
deepest spot on planet Earth. Cameron respects the ocean as much as
any environmentalist and he knows
it as well as any scientist. I’d say his
love of the sea runs as deep as his
dive. Jim is quick to point out that
he has surrounded himself with a
very talented team that has become
used to setting an incredibly high
David Gallo
was a coexpedition
leader during
an exploration
of the RMS
Titanic and
the German
battleship
Bismarck.