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Hellwarth, Ben.
Sealab :
America's forgotten quest to live and work on the ocean floor /
Ben Hellwarth.
1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
New York :
Simon & Schuster,
2012.
388 p., [16] p. of plates :
ill. ;
25 cm.
HARDCOVER
388 PAGES.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A deep escape -- Diving -- Genesis -- Friendly rivals -- Depth and duration -- Experimental divers -- Deep loss, deeper thinking -- Triangle trials -- ""Breathe!"" -- The Tiltin' Hilton -- Lessons in survival -- The third team -- The damn hatch -- An investigation -- The oil patch -- The rivals' press on -- The projects -- Answers and questions.
The story of how a U.S. Navy program sought to develop the marine equivalent of the space station-- and forever changed man's relationship to the sea. We learn of men unafraid to test the limits of physical endurance to conquer a hostile undersea frontier-- and of a government unwilling to take the same risks underwater that it did in space.
United States
Navy
Biography.
Deep diving - AD LIT
History
20th century.
Divers - AD LIT
United States
Biography.
Manned undersea research stations - AD LIT
History
20th century.
Project Sealab - AD LIT.
https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1205/2011015725-b.html
Contributor biographical information
https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1109/2011015725-d.html
Publisher description