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Opening the great depths : the bathyscaph Trieste and pioneers of undersea exploration / Norman Polmar and Lee J. Mathers.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Polmar, Norman, author.
- Mathers, Lee J., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Piccard, Jacques.
- Walsh, Don, 1931-.
- Walsh, Don.
- Trieste (Bathyscaphe)--History.
- Trieste (Bathyscaphe).
- Bathyscaphe--United States--History--20th century.
- Bathyscaphe.
- Underwater exploration--United States--History--20th century.
- Underwater exploration.
- Explorers--United States--Biography.
- Explorers.
- History.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxii, 361 pages)
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, [2021]
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Foreword / by Dr. Don Walsh
- Columbus of the stratosphere
- A balloon into the depths
- Admirals of the abyss
- White knight
- The new world
- The ocean's deepest hole
- The deepest dive
- The Navy Electronics Laboratory years
- SubSunk
- The Thresher search, 1963
- The Trieste II
- Between disasters
- A "Trieste III"
- Mission lost
- Scorpion preparations
- At the Scorpion site
- Scorpion site investigation
- Neglect and decline
- The deepest recovery
- A new support ship
- An epiphany
- Maturity
- Senescence and retirement.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 01, 2021).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Polmar, Norman. Opening the great depths
- ISBN:
- 1682475921
- 9781682475928
- Publisher Number:
- 40030501117
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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