Oceans
Subtitle: exploring the hidden depths of the underwater world
By: Paul Rose & Anne Laking
Contributors: Laking, Anne
Publisher: BBC; BBC Books
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9781846075056
Subjects: Oceanography; Popular works; Ocean; Marine biology; Marine ecology
Description: Drawing stories from the fields of sub-aquatic archeology, geology, marine biology and anthropology, this book reveals the hidden world of lost cities, forgotten shipwrecks, underwater caves and submerged volcanoes. It also looks at the inhabitants of the ocean habitat, from great white sharks to the myriad exotic.
Notes: TV tie-in.

Includes index.
Table of contents: title: The Mediterranean : cradle of Western civilization; title: The Atlantic Ocean : the sea of Atlas; title: The Sea of Cortez : the world's aquarium; title: The Indian Ocean : stillness and storms; title: The Red Sea : ocean of optimism; title: The Southern Ocean : small sea, big water; title: The Arctic Ocean : earth's climate controller.