Matsen, Bradford

A comprehensive biography of French explorer and scientist, Jacques Cousteau, that chronicles his personal and professional life, work with the French resistance during World War II, and extensive underwater research.

Presents a comprehensive narrative history of millionaire Otis Barton and explorer William Beebe and their extraordinary exploration of the depths of the ocean during the early 1930s going down further than anyone had previously gone.

Presents background information about the sinking of the Spanish galleon, Atocha, in 1622 and describes efforts to locate the wreck and successfully salvage its treasure more than 300 years later.

Combines historic accounts of the building, launching, and loss of the "Titanic" with new information gleaned about the disaster in 2005 by a team of researchers in Mir submersibles, who have concluded that the ship broke apart while still nearly horizontal and sank before most passengers knew what was happening.

Presents an illustrated guide to the natural plant an animal life that lives in New York City, and includes descriptions of the butterflies, squirrels, trees, flowers, bugs, waterways, and geology of the city.

Describes the 1977 journey of the submersible ship Alvin, in which three explorers saw, for the first time, the strange marine life that dwells in hydrothermal vents and other mysteries of the deep sea.

Chronicles the experiences Pat Iampietro and his team of scientists had while deep-sea diving under the Antarctic ice.

Irreverent approach to the origins of life, using a fish story to begin the discussion of the Precambrian age, approximately 650 million years ago, and traveling on through dinosaurs, and finally, humans.

Describes the 1934 dive of a bathysphere, or "sphere of the deep," in which two explorers, William Beebe and Otis Barton, set the world depth record and saw mysterious creatures of the deep ocean.