The Bathysphere Book
Effects of the Luminous Ocean Depths
New York : Astra House, [2023]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 336 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
"A gorgeous account of William Beebe's 1934 Bathysphere expedition, the first-ever deep-sea voyage to the otherworldly environment 3,024 feet below sea level"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
First glimpse -- Spectral visions -- Sinking lower -- Upside down -- Blunderbuss -- Falling -- The deepest dives -- Underwriting -- Surfacing -- Summer -- Invisibilities -- Ink spills everywhere -- Silence and solitude -- Leaving the body behind -- Recent sighting.
Subjects:
Barton, Otis.
Beebe, William, 1877-1962.
Bathysphere Expedition (1934)
Underwater exploration -- History.
Deep-sea sounding.
Explorers -- Biography.
Barton, Otis.
Beebe, William, 1877-1962.
Bathysphere Expedition (1934)
Underwater exploration -- History.
Deep-sea sounding.
Explorers -- Biography.
ISBN:
9781662601903
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
SCIENCE Ecology Water Fox | Wheatley (Shandon) | Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliography (pages [325]-333) and index.