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Mar 22, 1949 New South Wales, Australia 75 years old
submarine designer, cave diver and inventor.
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About Ron Allum
- Ron Allum (born 22 March 1949) is a submarine designer, cave diver and inventor. Allum is regarded as one of the world’s most experienced and accomplished cave divers.
- In 1983 he led an expedition to Cocklebiddy Cave on Australia’s Nullarbor Plain.
- The expedition achieved a world record push of 6.24 km (3.88 mi) into the cave system.Allum collaborated with James Cameron on a project to make a live broadcast from the wreck of the Titanic in 2005.
- This involved designing and building a 6,000 m (20,000 ft) fiber-optic spool system link to the surface.Allum designed the Deepsea Challenger submarine that took James Cameron to Challenger Deep.
- This is the lowest point on Earth, the bottom of the Mariana Trench, 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) below sea level.
- This record-breaking exploration took place on 26 March 2012.Allum was a national finalist for Senior Australian of the Year in 2013.
