Descent The Heroic Discovery of the Abyss
, by MATSEN, BRAD- ISBN: 9781400075010 | 1400075017
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 6/6/2006
InDescent: The Heroic Discovery of the Abyss,Brad Matsen brings to vivid life the famous deep-sea expeditions of Otis Barton and William Beebe. Beebe was a very well-connected and internationally acclaimed naturalist, with the power to generate media attention. Barton was an engineer and heir to a considerable fortune, who had long dreamed of making his mark on the world as an adventurer. Together, Beebe and Barton would achieve what no one had done before--direct observation of life in the blackness of the abyss. Here, against the back drop of the depression, is their riveting tale.