FORT PIERCE — FAU Harbor Branch will host Dr. Joe MacInnis for a special lecture titled “James Cameron’s Deepsea Challenge Expedition: The Science, Engineering and Leadership of a 7-Mile Dive Into the Mariana Trench,” on Monday, April 22, at 4 p.m. in the Johnson Education Center, 5600 US 1 N. in Fort Pierce.
The event, part of the HBOI Ocean Science Lecture Series, will chronicle MacInnis’ experience as a journalist/physician on Academy Award winning director James Cameron’s 60-day expedition into the Mariana Trench, the deepest part of the world’s oceans, located in the western Pacific Ocean.
His presentation will cover the forces of nature, technical breakdowns, and severe stresses that plagued Cameron’s high-risk mission onboard the Deepsea Challenger submersible, which was made on March 26, 2012.
Deepsea Challenge has moved on to phase two, which includes scientific analysis of the expedition’s findings, along with the production of a 3-D feature film.
The event is free and open to the public.
For more information, please call (772) 242-2400 or visit the website www.FAU.edu/HBOI/OceanLectureSeries.php.
