Lost on the Ocean Floor: Diving the World's Ghost Ships
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Fine, John Christopher, PUBLISHER: US Naval Institute Press, Award-winning photojournalist-scuba diver John C. Fine has exploong>redong> and documented ong>theong> sunken fleets of ong>theong> world--from Scapa Flow to Truk Lagoon--for most of his adult life, and ong>theong> ong>bestong> of his discoveries ong>areong> brought to life in this book. With his own haunting photographs to help him, Fine describes ong>theong> sunken ships and ong>theong> stories behind ong>theong>m, relating ong>theong> circumstances of losing, and in some cases salvaging and preserving, ships dating from early Roman colonialization to modern times. It is a book that captures ong>theong> drama of discovery and backs up ong>theong> adventure with historical, scientific, and archaeological facts. Where possible, eyewitness accounts to ong>theong> sinkings ong>areong> included along with ong>theong> folklore associated with some of ong>theong> great salvage attempts and occasional accounts by people who have found great treasure on shipwrecks. ong>Theong> result of years of research and underwater exploration and filming, ong>theong> book will capture ong>theong> imagination of everyone with an interest in maritime history and armchair adventurers who dream of sunken warships and treasure-laden gong>allong>eons long lost on ong>theong> ong>oceanong> floor.