Dr Deo Florence Onda, Oceanographer, dives with Victor Vescovo to the third-deepest spot on Earth, Emden Deep in the Philippine Trench. Dr Deo becomes the deepest-diving Filipino and, with Victor, the first to dive to the bottom of the Philippine Trench.

They dive together in the full-ocean-depth rated submersible, Limiting Factor as part of Caladan Oceanic’s 2021 “Ring of Fire Part II” Expeditions.

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