Includes bibliographical references (p. 47) and index.
Contents:
Heroes of the deep -- The voyage into the depths -- A record is broken, a record is set -- Explorers of the abyss -- The ultimate dive to the bottom of the sea.
Summary:
Describes the 1934 dive of a bathysphere, or "sphere of the deep," in which two explorers, William Beebe and Otia Barton, set the world depth record and saw mysterious creatures of the deep ocean.
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