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Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
48 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Introduces how scientists explore the oceans to seek or study such things as the giant squid, wreckage of the Titanic, a fossil Coelacanth, and the lost city of Atlantis.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 31 cm
Language
English
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Description
"A biographical account of engineer Otis Barton and naturalist Will Beebe's record-setting descent into the deep ocean in their Bathysphere craft, making the men the first humans to witness deep sea creatures in their natural habitat"--
Author
Publisher
National Geographic Society
Pub. Date
1999.
Physical Desc
64 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
The author relates some of her adventures studying and exploring the world's oceans, including tracking whales, living in an underwater laboratory, and helping to design a deep water submarine.
Author
Publisher
Raintree Steck-Vaughn
Pub. Date
2000.
Physical Desc
64 pages : illustrations (mostly color), maps ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
Relates the history of deep sea research, explaining how the development of submersibles, particularly the Alvin, has led to many fascinating discoveries.
Author
Publisher
Twenty-First Century Books
Pub. Date
[1999]
Physical Desc
80 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Examines different methods and technologies of undersea exploration, both past and present, the scientific discoveries that have been made, and the shipwrecks that have been explored.
Author
Series
Publisher
Lerner Publications
Pub. Date
2001.
Physical Desc
112 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes the life of this groundbreaking marine biologist and diver, from her childhood in New Jersey and Florida to her deep sea explorations of the 1980s and 1990s.
Author
Publisher
Astra Young Readers, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
144 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
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Description
"Shipwrecked! is an adventure-filled nonfiction book for young readers about the most captivating shipwrecks from history. Combining new research, stunning archival material, and vivid storytelling, Shipwrecked! dives deep into the world of marine archaeology and shows young readers what each discovery reveals about the world before our time"--
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"Climb aboard Alvin, the famous deep-sea submersible credited with helping to find the Titanic, and take a trip two miles down to the bottom of the ocean. Experience a day in the life of an Alvin pilot and join scientists at the seafloor to collect samples and conduct research. Along the way, discover what one wears, eats, and talks about during a typical eight-hour trip in a underwater craft and find out more about the animals that live deep in our...
Author
Publisher
Enslow Publishers
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
48 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes the 1934 dive of a bathysphere, or "sphere of the deep, " in which two explorers, William Beebe and Otia Barton, set the world depth record and saw mysterious creatures of the deep ocean.
Author
Series
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
96 pages ; 26 cm
Language
English
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Description
Space and the ocean--if you don?t think they go together, think again! Both deep-sea and space explorers have to worry about pressure, temperature, climate, and most importantly, how to survive in a remote and hostile environment. Join us on an amazing journey as we go up in space with astronauts and dive deep down in the ocean with aquanauts to explore the far-off places of our planet and the solar system. Journey from the deepest trenches in the...
Author
Series
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
111 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color map ; 29 cm.
Language
English
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Description
Explore our planet's last great uncharted territory! From record-breaking depths to wild animal encounters, no aspect of the ocean is too extreme for National Geographic Explorer Sylvia A. Earle. Journey with Earle from the vibrant shallows to the cold, dark mysteries of the seafloor as she investigates an amazing diversity of little-known creatures and habitats, and works to save an ocean in trouble. Offering expert advice, DIY experiments, how-to...
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
163 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Alvin Submersible, a deep-sea vessel that can sink miles below the surface, takes readers on a tour of the ocean floor where they will explore underwater volcanoes, discover lost hydrogen bombs, hear about storied shipwrecks and meet hundreds of new species living far beneath the waves.
Author
Publisher
Boyds Mills Press
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 21 x 27 cm
Language
English
Description
Kenneth Mallory describes the week he spent in the Aquarius underwater laboratory off the Florida Keys, discussing the work he did, what it was like to live underwater, the marine creatures he encountered, and more.
Author
Publisher
Enslow Publishers
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes the 1977 journey of the submersible ship Alvin, in which three explorers saw, for the first time, the strange marine life that dwells in hydrothermal vents and other mysteries of the deep sea.
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