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Outlook: Voyage to the bitter deep

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Voyage to the bitter deep

10/06/2020 GMT

BBC World Service - Outlook, Voyage to the bitter deep

Victor Vescovo and John Ramsay explored the deepest points of the world's five oceans.

Victor Vescovo and John Ramsay explored a world of deep sea creatures and shipwrecks. John designed the submarine, Victor piloted it to the depths.

Victor Vescovo and John Ramsay are key members of the team behind the Five Deeps expedition, which took a one-person submarine to all of the deepest points in the world's five oceans. Victor, a multimillionaire, funded and piloted the submarine. John designed it. They spoke to Outlook's Jo Fidgen. 

Witold Szablowski is a journalist who tracked down the personal chefs of five notorious former dictators to find out what they cooked. He's written about his experiences in a book, How to Feed a Dictator.

Picture: Victor's submarine
Credit: Triton Submarines

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