Oceans: Exploring the Hidden Depths of the Underwater World

Author(s): Paul Rose

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Dop April 2009, USA 240pp hardcover The oceans are the single most important feature of our planet. They shape our climate, our culture, and our future. Yet their depths have remained a mysterious and unchartered expanse. This book, which accompanies a major BBC television series, draws on the most exciting stories from the fields of subaquatic archaeology, geology, marine biology, and anthropology to reveal an astonishing landscape of forgotten shipwrecks, submerged volcanoes, and hidden caves. For Oceans, explorer Paul Rose and his team of expert divers filmed fluorescence in Red Sea corals for the very first time and explored the undisturbed waters of the Black Hole off the Bahamas.They witnessed rarely seen behavior in sperm whales in the Sea of Cortez and discovered a potentially unknown species below the arctic ice pack. Undertaking thrilling and often dangerous dives, Rose and his team reveal the importance of the oceans to human existence - and at the same time trace the possible consequences of climate change on their delicate balance. Beautifully illustrated with more than 160 color photographs, "Oceans" unravels the mysteries of the deep and provides illuminating insights into this vast undersea domain.

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"Explorer Paul Rose and his team of expert divers delved into this extraordinary netherworld ... With more than 1,000 dives."--Wildlife Conservation Magazine "Explorer Paul Rose and his team of expert divers delved into this extraordinary netherworld ... With more than 1,000 dives."--Wildlife Conservation Magazine "Explorer Paul Rose and his team of expert divers delved into this extraordinary netherworld ... With more than 1,000 dives."--Wildlife Conservation Magazine "Abundant beautiful photographs and extensive, well-written text."--Library Journal "Full of exciting stories of wildlife, shipwrecks, and the wonder and beauty of the undersea realm."--Booklist

Paul Rose, expedition leader and copresenter of the BBC television series Oceans, is a professional diver, polar guide, and mountaineer. He was the base commander of the British Antarctic Survey and ran the U.S. Navy's diver training program. Rose has presented several other BBC television series, including Voyages of Discovery, Climate Change, and Take One Museum. Anne Laking's programs have won a number of awards. She was executive producer of the Horizon documentary The Mystery of the Persian Mummy, as well as the BBC Four science series Time, Light Fantastic, and Visions of the Future. She is the executive producer of Oceans.

General Fields

  • : 9780520260283
  • : University Presses of California, Columbia and Princeton
  • : University of California Press
  • : 01 April 2009
  • : 286mm X 222mm X 25mm
  • : United States
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Paul Rose
  • : Paul Rose
  • : Illustrations maps.
  • : Illustrations maps.
  • : Sea & seashore life
  • : Sea & seashore life
  • : 240
  • : 240
  • : 578.77
  • : 578.77
  • : Hardback
  • : Hardback