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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Ballard, Robert D.     Subjects     Underwater exploration -- History.     Oceanographic submersibles -- History.     Ocean bottom -- Exploration.     Hydrothermal vents -- Discovery and exploration.     Shipwrecks -- Atlantic Ocean.     Oceanographers -- United States -- Biography.     Explorers -- United States -- Biography.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Ballard, Robert D.       by title:      The eternal darkness...       by call number:      551.4607 B189e     Search the Web     Ballard, Robert D.     Underwater exploration -- History.     Oceanographic submersibles -- History.     Ocean bottom -- Exploration.     Hydrothermal vents -- Discovery and exploration.     Shipwrecks -- Atlantic Ocean.     Oceanographers -- United States -- Biography.     Explorers -- United States -- Biography.       MARC Display

The eternal darkness : a personal history of deep-sea exploration / Robert D. Ballard, with Will Hively ; featuring a new preface by the author. by Ballard, Robert D. Princeton University Press, 2017. Call #: 551.4607 B189e Subjects Underwater exploration -- History.   Oceanographic submersibles -- History.   Ocean bottom -- Exploration.   Hydrothermal vents -- Discovery and exploration.   Shipwrecks -- Atlantic Ocean.   Oceanographers -- United States -- Biography.   Explorers -- United States -- Biography. ISBN:  9780691175621 (pbk.) Edition:  New Princeton Science Library edition. Description:  xvi, 388 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm Notes:  Originally published: 2000. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-374) and index. Contents:  Depth -- Simple tethered sphere -- Bathyscaphs race to the bottom -- Tragic dawn of the modern deep submersible -- Discovery -- Scientists begin exploring the deep -- Midocean ridge: Womb of the Earth -- Hydrothermal vents: Exotic oases -- Black smokers: Recipe for a salty ocean -- Detachment -- Tethered eyeball races to find the Titanic -- Recovering our past by remote control -- Should humans continue to dive: Two paradigms. Summary:  Until a few decades ago, the ocean depths were almost as mysterious and inaccessible as outer space. Oceans cover two-thirds of the earth's surface with an average depth of more than two miles -- yet humans had never ventured more than a few hundred feet below the waves. One of the great scientific and archaeological feats of our time has been finally to cast light on the "eternal darkness" of the deep sea. This is the story of that achievement. Robert Ballard discovered the wreck of the Titanic. He led the teams that discovered hydrothermal vents and "black smokers"--Cracks in the ocean floor where springs of superheated water support some of the strangest life-forms on the planet. He was a diver on the team that explored the mid-Atlantic ridge for the first time, confirming the theory of plate tectonics. Today, he is exploring the ancient trade routes of the world in hopes of launching a new field of research in deep-water archaeology. In this book, he combines science, history, spectacular illustrations, and firsthand stories from his own expeditions in a uniquely personal account of how twentieth-century explorers have pushed back the frontiers of technology to take us into the midst of a world we could once only guess at. Ballard begins in 1930 with William Beebe and Otis Barton, pioneers of the ocean depths who made the world's first deep-sea dives in a cramped steel sphere. He introduces us to Auguste and Jacques Piccard, whose "bathyscaph" descended in 1960 to the lowest point on the ocean floor. He reviews the celebrated advances made by Jacques Cousteau. He describes his own discoveries-- from sea-floor spreading to black smokers -- as well as his technical breakthroughs, including the development of remote -operated underwater vehicles and the revolutionary search techniques that led to the discovery and exploration of the Titanic, the Nazi battleship Bismarck, ancient trading vessels, and other great ships. Robert Ballard is a professor of oceanography at the University of Rhode Island. Other authors:  Hively, Will. Holds:  1   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Sheet Harbour Public Library Adult Nonfiction 551.4607 B189e Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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