Sir Richard Branson attends a press conf

Sir Richard Branson attends a press conference in Newport Beach, California on April 5, 2011 to announce plans to take a solo piloted submarine to the deepest points in each of the wolrd's five oceans. The five dives will take place in the Mariana Trench (Pacific Ocean), Puerto Rico Trench (Atlantic Ocean), Diamantina Trench (Indian Ocean), South Sandwich Trench (Southern Ocean) and Molloy Deep (Arctic Ocean). Virgin's Oceanic's first dive will be to the Mariana Trench later in 2011 and a futher four dives are scheduled over the next 24 months. AFP PHOTO / GABRIEL BOUYS (Photo credit should read GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP via Getty Images)