Don Walsh, Deep Sea Submariner and Ocean Explorer, Dies at 92
This is someone who needs no introduction to our readers. The work and adventurous spirit of Don Walsh, the legendary ocean explorer, will undoubtedly continue to inspire those that come after him for many decades. In 1960, with his colleague Swiss oceanographer Jacques Piccard, he ventured to the deepest point in our ocean in the bathyscaphe Trieste. Among so many other achievements, he also authored the “Oceans” column in U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings as he was passionate about ocean literacy among those who sailed upon the ocean but gave little thought to what happened and lived beneath.
In November 2023, Gidget Fuentes of the US Naval Institute wrote an excellent piece about Don’s life achievements and of the person he was.
From DSL22
