Author Brad Matsen follows the exciting 1934 expedition of William Beebe and Otis Barton as they made the first dives into the deep sea. Though they did not make it to the bottom, these two explorers set a record of a half mile down that stood for fourteen years. Readers follow their historic adventure within the Bathysphere, a small hollow steel ball with two tiny windows which was lowered and raised on a cable from its mother ship. In this simple craft, Beebe and Barton saw the wonders of the deep ocean for the first time ...
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Author Brad Matsen follows the exciting 1934 expedition of William Beebe and Otis Barton as they made the first dives into the deep sea. Though they did not make it to the bottom, these two explorers set a record of a half mile down that stood for fourteen years. Readers follow their historic adventure within the Bathysphere, a small hollow steel ball with two tiny windows which was lowered and raised on a cable from its mother ship. In this simple craft, Beebe and Barton saw the wonders of the deep ocean for the first time, giant fish, strange jelly-like animals, and creatures with flashing lights that had never before been seen by humans. Everything about the way we understand the ocean changed because of their expeditions into the depths.
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