Descent: The Heroic Discovery of the Abyss.BRAD MATSEN This is the riveting story of the first truly deep-sea exploration deep-sea exploration: see oceanography. , in a series of 20 dives between 1929 and 1934, William Beebe
Born in Brooklyn, New York, he went on to become Curator of Ornithology for the New York Zoological Society from 1899 to 1952. and Otis Barton Frederick Otis Barton, Jr. (June 5, 1899 – April 15, 1992) was an American deep-sea diver, inventor and actor. Born in New York, the independently wealthy Barton designed the first bathysphere and made a dive with William Beebe off Bermuda in June 1930. rode a diving capsule to 3,028 feet under the Atlantic, about 100 times as far down as anyone had gone underwater before. Maritime author Matsen weaves a tale of two men who needed each other for their mission but who were barely on speaking terms by the time they completed it. Both men were looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. fame and fortune as much as for scientific knowledge. Beebe, a famous naturalist and bon vivant of the time, provided access to people who would fund the dives, and engineer Barton built the capsule that the men rode together and dubbed the bathysphere. This original bathysphere has recently been restored and will soon be on display at the New York Aquarium The New York Aquarium first opened on December 10, 1896, at Castle Garden in Battery Park, making it the oldest continually operating aquarium in the United States. Its first director was the respected fish expert, Dr. Tarleton Hoffman Bean (1895-1898). . Its story, as told in these pages, is every bit as interesting as the stories of Beebe and Barton. This book will appeal to anyone interested in adventure or marine exploration. Pantheon, 2005, 304 p., b&w photos and illus., hardcover, $25.00. |
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