The incredible record-setting deep-sea dive of the bathysphere
By: Brad Matsen
Series: Incredible deep-sea adventures
Publisher: Enslow Publishers
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Berkeley Heights, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
ISBN-13: 9780766021884
Subjects: Hydrothermal vents; Underwater exploration; Juvenile literature
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 47) and index.
Table of contents: title: Heroes of the deep; title: The voyage into the depths; title: A record is broken, a record is set; title: Explorers of the abyss; title: The ultimate dive to the bottom of the sea.