Title
The Eternal Darkness
Delivery time: 8-12 business days (International)
Until A Few Decades Ago, The Ocean Depths Were Almost As Mysterious And Inaccessible As Outer Space. Oceans Cover Twothirds Of The Earth'S Surface With An Average Depth Of More Than Two Milesyet Humans Had Never Ventured More Than A Few Hundred Feet Below The Waves. One Of The Great Scientific And Archaeological Feats Of Our Time Has Been Finally To Cast Light On The Eternal Darkness Of The Deep Sea. This Is The Story Of That Achievement, Told By The Man Who Has Done More Than Any Other To Make It Possible: Robert Ballard.Ballard Discovered The Wreck Of The Titanic. He Led The Teams That Discovered Hydrothermal Vents And Black SmokersCracks In The Ocean Floor Where Springs Of Superheated Water Support Some Of The Strangest Lifeforms On The Planet. He Was A Diver On The Team That Explored The Midatlantic Ridge For The First Time, Confirming The Theory Of Plate Tectonics. Today, Using A Nuclear Submarine From The U.S. Navy, He'S Exploring The Ancient Trade Routes Of The Mediterranean And The Black Sea For The Remains Of Historic Vessels And Their Cargo. In This Book, He Combines Science, History, Spectacular Illustrations, And Firsthand Stories From His Own Expeditions In A Uniquely Personal Account Of How Twentiethcentury Explorers Have Pushed Back The Frontiers Of Technology To Take Us Into The Midst Of A World We Could Once Only Guess At.Ballard Begins In 1930 With William Beebe And Otis Barton, Pioneers Of The Ocean Depths Who Made The World'S First Deepsea Dives In A Cramped Steel Sphere. He Introduces Us To Auguste And Jacques Piccard, Whose BathyscaphDescended In 1960 To The Lowest Point On The Ocean Floor. He Reviews The Celebrated Advances Made By Jacques Cousteau. He Describes His Own Major Discoveriesfrom Seafloor Spreading To Black Smokersas Well As His Technical Breakthroughs, Including The Development Of Remoteoperated Underwater Vehicles And The Revolutionary Search Techniques That Led To The Discovery And Exploration Of The Titanic, The Nazi Battleship Bismarck, Ancient Trading Vessels, And Other Great Ships.Readers Will Come Away With A Richer Understanding Of History, Earth Science, Biology, And Marine Technologyand A New Appreciation For The Remarkable Men And Women Who Have Explored Some Of The Most Remote And Fascinating Places On The Planet.
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