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Living Sea, The

By: Ballantine Books

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Reference (Ballantine)


Product Info

Title
Living Sea, The
Publisher
Product Line
Category
Author
Jacques Cousteau, James Dugan
Publish Year
1973
Pages
290
Dimensions
5.5x8x.5"
NKG Part #
2147363034
Type
Softcover

Description

Captain J.Y. Cousteau, co-inventor of the Aqua-Lung, told in fascinating detail of the earliest underwater explorations in the bestselling The Silent World. The success of his early work engendered support for further oceanographic research, for pioneering equipment and techniques, for the purchase and outfitting of the now-famous research ship Calypso, and for enlarging the scope of explorations in all the oceans of the world.

The Living Sea is the story of Calypso's voyages - exploring for oil in the inhospitable Persian Gulf; surveying for a pipeline under the Mediterranean; excavating an ancient ship; finding, cataloging, and even making friends with strange and remarkable families of fish. It is also the story of the courage and daring of the men of the Calypso, Cousteau's companions in opening, for all mankind, a new and exciting frontier.