VERO BEACH — Patrick Lahey, President of Triton Subs, will give a presentation on expeditions to Antarctica and the underwater search in a Triton sub to film the giant squid. The presentation on Monday, March 25, at 7 p.m. at Saint Edward’s School in Vero Beach is free of charge and open to the public.
Triton Submersibles is based in Vero Beach and is one of three companies in a race to reach the deepest depths of the ocean: the Mariana Trench. With the likes of airline mogul Richard Branson and Avatar filmmaker James Cameron putting up millions to reach the bottom of the trench, Triton is David against the two goliaths.
And Lahey and Triton have one stunning success story: the recent filming of the giant squid.
The search to film the giant squid was made in a Vero Beach built, three-man Triton submersible. The footage was recently aired on The Discovery Channel.
Eddie Widder of Ocean Research Conservation Association (ORCA) was part of a team that spent 285 hours in a Triton sub off of the coast of Japan some 3,000 feet down in the Pacific Ocean.
Widder called the Triton “luxurious compared to a lot of things I’ve dived in,” (USA Today, January 25, 2013.)
“Triton Submarines, LLC was established in 2007 to manufacture manned submersibles designed exclusively for yacht based deployment. Triton has since emerged as a global leader in deep diving submersible engineering, design, manufacture, and operations.
Triton is a subsidiary of US Submarines Inc., a company engaged in the design and manufacture of manned submersibles since 1993,” according to the company’s website.
