Opening the great depths the bathyscaph Trieste and pioneers of undersea exploration / Norman Polmar and Lee J. Mathers.
| Author/creator | Polmar, Norman |
| Other author | Mathers, Lee J. |
| Format | Electronic |
| 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 |
| Subjects |
| 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) |
| ISBN | (epub) |
| ISBN | (pdf) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |