Amazing Diving Stories. Incredible Tales from Deep Beneath the Sea

Englisch

9781119969297, 9781119969297

John Wiley & Sons

John Bantin

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Gebundene Ausgabe

Introduction ix Part One Animal Encounters Close Call with a Humpback Whale 3 White-tips at Night 7 Lord Tebbit and the Turtle 11 The Amazing Frogfish 14 The Amorous Elephant Seal 17 Galapagos Whale Sharks 20 Liberty in Bali 23 This Dugong Don't Care 27 Fish 'n' Chips at Ribbon Reef No. 10 30 Manta in the Mist 34 Why Dolphins Smile 37 Part Two Interesting Characters and Difficult Moments Life in the Fast Lane 43 The Mystery of Commander Crabb 47 The Black Hole of Andros 51 The Officer Diver 56 The Voyages of the Lady Jenny V 59 Scary Times in the Red Sea 63 Fantasy Island One 67 Fantasy Island Two 71 The Old Man of the Sea 74 Part Three Deep Diving The Britannic 81 The Call of the Wah! Wah! 87 On Your Marks in the Race for Depth 91 Dave Shaw's Very Deep Cave Dive 95 Part Four Famous Wrecks and Other Adventures Airacobra in Hansa Bay 101 A British Destroyer Sunk 104 USS Saratoga CV3 108 Diving the Titanic 112 Don Pedro 115 The Dunraven and T. E. Lawrence 118 Gallipoli Wars 122 The Iro and Ishikawa 128 The Discovery of the Mary Rose 132 The Thistlegorm 136 Part Five Dangerous Animals Conger Attack! 141 A Lot of Bull 145 The Danger of Lionfish 151 The Terror of the Irukandji 154 Mauled by a Dinosaur! 157 Part Six Near Misses and the Not So Near Left Stranded in the Sea 163 Shark in the Net 167 Free Ascent 170 An Interesting Interlude 173 Currents and Dragons 176 The BFR and a Waterfall 179 Lost off Bognor Regis 182 Rogue RIB 186 Stuck by Starlight 190 Part Seven Shark Infested Waters Nick's Best Dive 195 Diving with Some Bite 199 Bitten by Sharks 203 Face off a Tiger 207 Tonic Immobility 211 Part Eight Tragedies The Tragic Death of David Graves 217 Bret Gilliam and the Shark Attack 222 Trapped! 225 The Rising Tide 229 The Fatal Lures of Depth and Fame 233 In Search of Free-Diving Records 238 Part Nine Treasure Seekers and Finders Pin Money and King Henry VIII 245 Blue Hole Diving 249 An Archaeological Find 253 El Bajo and the Lost Video Camera 258 Real Treasure 262

229 mm

15.2 cm