Jacques Picard, a famous deep-sea explorer and inventor living in Switzerland, died at home in June 5438+0 at the age of 86. According to the BBC, piccard is a legend in the history of the deepest ocean exploration. 1960, he and his American colleague Walsh drove their father's submersible into the Mariana Trench, the deepest part of the Pacific Ocean. The depth of their dive is 1. 1 10,000 meters from the sea surface.

It is because they discovered deep-sea underwater creatures that the international community decided to ban the dumping of nuclear waste into deep-sea canyons. When Picard described their experience afterwards, he said, "The most interesting discovery is all kinds of fish floating beside the submarine porthole. We were surprised to find that there were advanced creatures at that depth. "

The news of Jacques Picard's death was posted on his website by his son, hot air balloon explorer Portland Picard. He said that the last great explorer of the 20th century died at his home on June 1 65438+1October1.

In the statement, Portland Picard described his father as "a real Captain Nemo, who once went deeper than anyone." Captain Nemo is the hero of jules verne's science fiction novel Two Wan Li under the Sea.

Portland Picard also said that his father gave him a curiosity, a desire to challenge dogma and common sense, a belief in freedom and confidence in exploring the unknown world.

Jacques Picard was born in Brussels, the son of August Picard, a hot air balloon explorer. Jacques Picard later went to Switzerland to study and live there.

After exploring the Mariana Trench, Jacques Picard worked for NASA and continued to explore the deep sea. He designed and built four medium-depth underwater submarines, including the world's first tourist submarine. He often led tourists on underwater tours in Lake Geneva.