The frontier below : the past, present and future of our quest to go deeper underwater
2024
Book
"A journey through time and water, to the bottom of the ocean and the future of our planet. The implosion of the Titan submersible in June 2023 was a powerful reminder of the dangers of travelling to the least-explored region of our planet. The deep sea is as inhospitable to human life as the reaches of outer space, and the first people only to reach the bottom of the ocean in the same decade that they first walked on the moon. This is the untold story of underwater exploration, a saga of human endeavour that took 2,000 years to travel just seven miles, and it's the story of the significance of what remains to be discovered in the depths"--Back cover.
Item Details
ISBN: 9780008532765
Edition: Updated William Collins paperback edition.
Description: xvii, 301 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 20 cm
Notes:
- "First published in Great Britain in 2023 by William Collins"--Title page verso.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
- Introduction : one giant plunge for mankind
- The epipelagic zone antiquity to 1840 : The surface to 200 meters (656 feet)
- The mesopelagic zone 1840-1939 : 200 meters to 1,000 meters (3,280 feet)
- The bathypelagic zone 1939-1953 : 1,000 to 4,000 meters (13,123 feet)
- The abyssopelagic zone 1954-tomorrow : beyond 4,000 meters (13,123 feet).
Control Number: 3320435
Publisher: London : William Collins, 2024.Subjects: