A study of the life that exists in the depths of the Atlantic Ocean, discussing the history of deep-sea exploration, and looking at some of the rarely seen phenomena that exists near the ocean floor such as smoking chimneys, pillow lava, football-sized clams, and vampire squid.
A color-illustrated look at the geology, physical geography, and animal life of the seafloor that covers such topics as volcanic ridges, life in a kelp forest, and sea lions, whales, and sponges.