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Amazing Diving Stories : Incredible Tales from Deep Beneath the Sea & Around the World.
Title:
Amazing Diving Stories : Incredible Tales from Deep Beneath the Sea & Around the World.
Author:
Bantin, John.
ISBN:
9781119941590
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (295 pages)
Series:
Amazing Stories ; v.Book 1

Amazing Stories
Contents:
Amazing Diving Stories -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part One Animal Encounters -- Close Call with a Humpback Whale -- White-tips at Night -- Lord Tebbit and the Turtle -- The Amazing Frogfish -- The Amorous Elephant Seal -- Galapagos Whale Sharks -- Liberty in Bali -- This Dugong Don't Care -- Fish 'n' Chips at Ribbon Reef No. 10 -- Manta in the Mist -- Why Dolphins Smile -- Part Two Interesting Characters and Difficult Moments -- Life in the Fast Lane -- The Mystery of Commander Crabb -- The Black Hole of Andros -- The Officer Diver -- The Voyages of the Lady Jenny V -- Scary Times in the Red Sea -- Fantasy Island One -- Fantasy Island Two -- The Old Man of the Sea -- Part Three Deep Diving -- The Britannic -- The Call of the Wah! Wah! -- On Your Marks in the Race for Depth -- Dave Shaw's Very Deep Cave Dive -- Part Four Famous Wrecks and Other Adventures -- Airacobra in Hansa Bay -- A British Destroyer Sunk -- USS Saratoga CV3 -- Diving the Titanic -- Don Pedro -- The Dunraven and T. E. Lawrence -- Gallipoli Wars -- The Iro and Ishikawa -- The Discovery of the Mary Rose -- The Thistlegorm -- Part Five Dangerous Animals -- Conger Attack! -- A Lot of Bull -- The Danger of Lionfish -- The Terror of the Irukandji -- Mauled by a Dinosaur! -- Part Six Near Misses and the Not So Near -- Left Stranded in the Sea -- Shark in the Net -- Free Ascent -- An Interesting Interlude -- Currents and Dragons -- The BFR and a Waterfall -- Lost off Bognor Regis -- Rogue RIB -- Stuck by Starlight -- Part Seven Shark Infested Waters -- Nick's Best Dive -- Diving with Some Bite -- Bitten by Sharks -- Face off a Tiger -- Tonic Immobility -- Part Eight Tragedies -- The Tragic Death of David Graves -- Bret Gilliam and the Shark Attack -- Trapped! -- The Rising Tide -- The Fatal Lures of Depth and Fame -- In Search of Free-Diving Records.

Part Nine Treasure Seekers and Finders -- Pin Money and King Henry VIII -- Blue Hole Diving -- An Archaeological Find -- El Bajo and the Lost Video Camera -- Real Treasure -- Advert -- Color Plate.
Abstract:
An incredible collection of true diving stories, from thrilling wreck discoveries to encounters with the bizarre and the beautiful.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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