Opening the great depths : the bathyscaph Trieste and pioneers of undersea exploration / / Norman Polmar and Lee J. Mathers

• Autore: Polmar Norman
• Pubblicazione: Annapolis, Maryland : , : Naval Institute Press, , [2021]; ©2021
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (400 p.)
• Disciplina: 359.9383
• Soggetto topico: Bathyscaphe - United States - History - 20th century; Underwater exploration - United States - History - 20th century; Explorers - United States
• Persona (resp. second.): MathersLee J.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: Opening the Great Depths is the story of the Trieste, its officers and sailors, and the civilians, often told in their own words, documenting for the first time the earliest years of humanity's probing into Earth's final frontier.
• Titolo autorizzato: Opening the great depths
• ISBN: 1-68247-592-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910811013003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II