Dark Descent [Lingua Inglese] - Brossura

Mcmurray, Kevin

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0071456309 ISBN 13: 9780071456302

Casa editrice: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press, 2005

Riassunto

"Dark Descent makes the reader a vicarious participant in what is a very extreme sport."―Philadelphia Inquirer

On May 29, 1914, the passenger liner Empress of Ireland was struck by the freighter Storstad and sank in fifteen minutes, taking more than 1,000 victims with her. It remains one of the largest losses of life ever in a maritime accident.

At more than a hundred feet deep in the frigid Gulf of St. Lawrence, diving the Empress is like trying to navigate an unfamiliar sixty-story building lying on its side at a forty-five-degree angle, in pitch blackness with only a flashlight. In Dark Descent, Kevin McMurray takes us deep into the bowels of the lost ship, first to relive her tragic death and then to join the divers who have probed the wreck's secrets. It's an adventure from which some divers don't return.

"Impressively researched. . . . For those who love the lure of the deep water and the mysteries of shipwrecks, this specialized history will be a pleasure."―Publishers Weekly

"Kevin has a remarkable knack of adding life and realism. A great job."―R. W. Hamilton, Chairman of the Board, Divers Alert Network

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Kevin F. McMurray is an award-winning journalist and photographer whose work has appeared in such prestigious newspapers and magazines as The New York Times, Outside, Yankee, Men's Journal, The Sunday Times of London, Cigar Aficionado, Skin Diver, Heartland USA, the Robb Report, the Gannett Newspapers, the Times Mirror Newspapers, and many others. An avid outdoor adventurer, McMurray is a highly experienced scuba diver and former world record holder for swimming around Manhattan Island. He lives in Brewster, New York, with his wife and two daughters. HOMETOWN: Brewster, NY

Contenuti:

Preface

One: Fourteen Minutes

Two: Brave Pioneers: From Initial Salvage to Jacques Cousteau

Three: Extreme Diving

Four: More Fatalities

Five: Planning the 2002 Expedition

Six: Adventure

Seven: Return to the Empress of Ireland

Epilogue: Empress Alumni

Appendices

Notes

Bibliography

Acknowledgments

Su questa edizione

• Editore: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0071456309
• ISBN 13: 9780071456302
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 269