Opening the great depths the bathyscaph Trieste and pioneers of undersea exploration

Opening the great depths : the bathyscaph Trieste and pioneers of undersea exploration / Norman Polmar and Lee J. Mathers.

Author/creator	Polmar, Norman
Other author/creator	Mathers, Lee J.
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, [2021]
Description	xxii, 359 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)	Piccard, Jacques. Walsh, Don, 1931- Trieste (Bathyscaphe)--History. Bathyscaphe--United States --History --20th century. Underwater exploration--United States --History --20th century. Explorers--United States --Biography.

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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2020050159
ISBN	9781682475911 (hardcover)
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