Show o. o HIGHEST POINT I IN N AI AIR H lOWEST LOEST IN SEA D Mountain Climbing Reported I A As The Most 1 Popular Pastime During Period I I I I IV I I V WASHING ASHING D. D C. C The C.-The The exploration I record of 1932 were made madel l largely on a vertical aca scale e. e l it Is pointed out in to n a bulletin from the Washington D. D C. C headquarters of the National Geographic soci- soci soci ety Man reached during 1932 the greatest height in the air and the greatest depth beneath the surface surface surface sur sur- I face of the sea ever attained in int inI inthe the known history of the world t I says says the bulletin Professor Auguste Auguste Au- Au I guste and Max Mn Cosyns es established established established es- es the altitude record on onA A August gust 18 when they ascended over Switzerland and northern Italy In a a. spherical tight air tight balloon balloon balloon bal bal- loon bas basket et to a height of 53 53 53 1 s slightly slightly more than t n nt t miles I Ii i Dr William Beebe and Otis Barton established the depth I record rec- rec lord ord in the Atlantic ocean off oft Bermuda Bermuda Ber- Ber I muda on September 22 In a thick I Ber-I steel sphere fashioned to withstand withstand withstand with with- stand tremendous pressures they I descended to a depth of 2200 feet Thick k quartz windows permitted the observation of sea life |