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Deep Descent
Adventure and Death Diving the Andrea Doria
Taschenbuch von Kevin F. McMurray
Sprache: Englisch

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On a foggy July evening in 1956, the Italian cruise liner Andrea Doria, bound for New York, was struck broadside by another vessel. In eleven hours, she would sink nearly 250 feet to the murky Atlantic Ocean floor. Thanks to a daring rescue operation, only 51 of more than 1,700 people died in the tragedy. But the Andrea Doria is still taking lives.

Considered the Mt. Everest of diving, the Andrea Doria is the ultimate deepwater wreck challenge. Over the years, a small but fanatical group of extreme scuba divers have investigated the Andrea Doria, pushing themselves to the very limits of human endurance to explore her -- and not all have returned. Diver Kevin McMurray takes you inside this elite club with a hard, honest look at those who go deeper, farther, and closer to the edge than others would ever dream.

Deep Descent is the riveting true story of the human spirit overcoming human frailty and of fearsome, mortal risks traded for a hard-core adrenaline rush. Chronicling these adventures in his page-turning narrative and in dozens of dramatic photos, McMurray draws us deeper into the cold heart of the unforgiving sea, giving us a powerful vision of a place to which few will ever have the skills -- or the courage -- to go.
On a foggy July evening in 1956, the Italian cruise liner Andrea Doria, bound for New York, was struck broadside by another vessel. In eleven hours, she would sink nearly 250 feet to the murky Atlantic Ocean floor. Thanks to a daring rescue operation, only 51 of more than 1,700 people died in the tragedy. But the Andrea Doria is still taking lives.

Considered the Mt. Everest of diving, the Andrea Doria is the ultimate deepwater wreck challenge. Over the years, a small but fanatical group of extreme scuba divers have investigated the Andrea Doria, pushing themselves to the very limits of human endurance to explore her -- and not all have returned. Diver Kevin McMurray takes you inside this elite club with a hard, honest look at those who go deeper, farther, and closer to the edge than others would ever dream.

Deep Descent is the riveting true story of the human spirit overcoming human frailty and of fearsome, mortal risks traded for a hard-core adrenaline rush. Chronicling these adventures in his page-turning narrative and in dozens of dramatic photos, McMurray draws us deeper into the cold heart of the unforgiving sea, giving us a powerful vision of a place to which few will ever have the skills -- or the courage -- to go.
Über den Autor
Kevin F. McMurray is an award-winning journalist and photographer whose work has appeared in The New York Times, New York magazine, Outside, Yankee, Men's Journal, The Sunday Times (London), Rock and Ice, Cigar Aficionado, and other publications. An avid outdoor adventurer, McMurray is an expert scuba diver and former world record holder for swimming around Manhattan. He is also the author of Deep Descent and Dark Descent. He lives in Brewster, New York.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2002
Genre: Fahrzeuge
Produktart: Nachschlagewerke
Rubrik: Hobby & Freizeit
Thema: Fahrzeuge/Flugzeuge/Schiffe/Allgemeines
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9780743400633
ISBN-10: 0743400631
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: McMurray, Kevin F.
Hersteller: Atria Books
Maße: 216 x 140 x 20 mm
Von/Mit: Kevin F. McMurray
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.07.2002
Gewicht: 0,456 kg
Artikel-ID: 103862313
Über den Autor
Kevin F. McMurray is an award-winning journalist and photographer whose work has appeared in The New York Times, New York magazine, Outside, Yankee, Men's Journal, The Sunday Times (London), Rock and Ice, Cigar Aficionado, and other publications. An avid outdoor adventurer, McMurray is an expert scuba diver and former world record holder for swimming around Manhattan. He is also the author of Deep Descent and Dark Descent. He lives in Brewster, New York.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2002
Genre: Fahrzeuge
Produktart: Nachschlagewerke
Rubrik: Hobby & Freizeit
Thema: Fahrzeuge/Flugzeuge/Schiffe/Allgemeines
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9780743400633
ISBN-10: 0743400631
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: McMurray, Kevin F.
Hersteller: Atria Books
Maße: 216 x 140 x 20 mm
Von/Mit: Kevin F. McMurray
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.07.2002
Gewicht: 0,456 kg
Artikel-ID: 103862313
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