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Also Known As undersea transportation • underwater exploration • underwater transportation • ocean exploration

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James B. Eads
James B. Eads
American engineer
Auguste Piccard, 1961
Auguste Piccard
Swiss-Belgian physicist
Sylvia Earle
Sylvia Earle
American oceanographer and explorer
Jacques Cousteau
Jacques Cousteau
French ocean explorer and engineer
Robert Ballard
Robert Ballard
American oceanographer
Jacques Piccard
Swiss oceanic engineer
Otis Barton
American oceanic explorer and engineer

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