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Titanic's Last Secrets
Previously undiscovered wreckage from the Titanic suggests that the doomed ship may have broken in half while nearly horizontal and gone down before most of the passengers knew what was happening.
Jacques Cousteau
With the cooperation of many of Jacques Cousteau's collaborators, friends, and family, Matsen provides the first full picture of the remarkable life of the world's most renowned oceanographer.
Death and Oil
Documents the events of the 1988 oil rig disaster on the North Sea, drawing on interviews with survivors and family members, the Occidental Petroleum Corp., and rescue workers to trace the gas leak that triggered the explosion and the devastation it continues to inflict.
Descent
In Descent: The Heroic Discovery of the Abyss, Brad Matsen brings to vivid life the famous deep-sea expeditions of Otis Barton and William Beebe. Beebe was a very well-connected and internationally acclaimed naturalist, with the power to generate media attention. Barton was an engineer and heir to a considerable fortune, who had long dreamed of making his mark on the world as an adventurer. Together, Beebe and Barton would achieve what no one had done before--direct observation of life in the blackness of the abyss. Here, against the back drop of the depression, is their riveting tale.
Go Wild in New York City
Introduces the waterways, natural resources, and wildlife in New York City.
Rapture of the Deep
In addition to celebrating the extraordinary fish artist, this beautiful book also pays tribute to the world of zoological and anthropological creatures he renders with a blend of biological accuracy and surreal, offbeat humor.
Planet Ocean
This is the paperback edition of the great pop-paleontology book with the fabulous art that inspired a show that toured the nation's natural history museums. In its own way it has inspired many people to take a new look at the fossil record and imagine creatures and things as they might have been—a blend of word and image unlike any other.
Swordfish
Provides a comprehensive history of the swordfish, from prehistoric fossils to its present-day endangerment, and describes its adaptability and its relationship with humans.
The Incredible Quest to Find the Titanic
It was a clear, cold night in 1912, and the luxury liner Titanic was cruising through the frigid waters of the Atlantic Ocean. The passengers had finished dinner and many had headed off to bed. Suddenly a frantic cry rang out in the night. "Iceberg ahead! Iceberg ahead!" But the warning came too late. The Titanic crashed into an iceberg, and within hours the massive ship had sunk. Many people know about the tragedy of the Titanic, but many do not know the next chapter of the story. Come along as researchers try to solve the mystery surrounding the wreck of this famous ship. Travel deep under the sea with Dr. Robert Ballard as he and his team face the dangerous mission of finding answers that are buried at the bottom of the ocean. Book jacket.
The Incredible Record-setting Deep-sea Dive of the Bathysphere
Describes the 1934 dive of a bathysphere, or "sphere of the deep," in which two explorers, William Beebe and Otis Barton, set the world depth record and saw mysterious creatures of the deep ocean.
