Down the Cayman Wall – Gary Montemayor Down the Cayman Wall is the self-published account of submersible pilot Gary Montemayor’s time spent on the Cayman Islands. While the blurb and subtitle of the book indicate… Continue reading…
I must say I was not filled with optimism when the Disney logo swirled across our screen at the start of the DVD, but having watched all 60-odd minutes of this James Cameron (he of… Continue reading…
The Death of the USS Thresher – Norman Polmar The USS Thresher was a state of the art nuclear powered attack submarine operated by the US Navy, commissioned in 1961. During sea trials in the… Continue reading…
Cry from the Deep – Ramsey Flynn The massive Russian submarine Kursk sank in the Barents Sea (north of Russian, on the eastern side of Norway, right near the Arctic circle) in August 2000 with… Continue reading…
Archaeological Oceanography – Robert D. Ballard (editor) Robert D. Ballard is the man behind the discovery of (amongst other shipwrecks in the deep) the Titanic where she lies in her final resting place. He’s the… Continue reading…
The Terrible Hours – Peter Maas The Terrible Hours reads like a thriller, and chronicles the sinking and recovery of the Squalus, a top of the range US Navy submarine on the eve of World… Continue reading…
Ever wondered whether submariners can escape when their vessel floods, catches on fire, or needs to be ditched for some other reason? Wired.com, source of many nifty nuggets of joy, has a diagram and a… Continue reading…
Wired magazine published a short piece on a robot that roves along the ocean bottom, called The Benthic Rover. It’s able to stay down for extended periods of time (like a whole month or more),… Continue reading…
Three Miles Down: A Hunt for Sunken Treasure – James Hamilton-Paterson I struggled a bit with this book. James Hamilton-Paterson has a highly literary style, which I enjoyed in Seven Tenths. In this book, however,… Continue reading…
James and Claire gave me the xkcd book for my birthday this year. It’s unashamedly geeky humour, and I love this particular cartoon (not in the book) so much that I’d consider getting it tattooed… Continue reading…
