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Deep Descent: Adventure and Death Diving the Andrea Doria
<CENTER>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.</C...more
Paperback, 320 pages
Published
June 25th 2002
by Atria
(first published May 22nd 2001)
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After reading this, I guess a dive on the Andrea Doria will have to be on my restricted list along with climbing Mt. Everest, something I'd like to do, but my wife has said "never in your wildest dreams."
This book is much like other diving "disaster" books, lots of accidents, and people who are really obsessed about their hobby.
This book is much like other diving "disaster" books, lots of accidents, and people who are really obsessed about their hobby.
This book is alternately compelling and boring. The story is told a little disjointedly, starting off with the most dramatic death, and then skipping around the timeline. The author makes the mistake of including his totally uninteresting backstory.
The ocean spray stings my eyes, the breeze whips my hair about, the sweetness of salt tingles my tongue, as this history of the Andrea Doria reaches out to grasp me firmly in a tale of travel, tragedy, adventure, rescue, and deep sea daring. I originally purchased this book as an accessory to Shadow Divers (5 Stars). The two books are somewhat intertwined by a deep sea skin diving rivalry decades old between the boats Seeker and Wahoo, told from different decks as it were. As an added bonus are ...more
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Very interesting and adventure.
This was a really good book on the cautionary tale of deep sea diving. As one feels the lure of discovery and potential treasures(in the way of dive mementos, not so much chests of gold), the book tips more towards the dangers and pitfalls from early technical diving and how many fell to the siren song of the Andrea Doria. The lives of several legendary technical divers and their unfortunate ends are chronicled here in matter-of-fact yet dignified detail.
I love scuba diving. However, I am a recreational diver. This book describes those that are driven to dive shipwrecks. Driven to the depths at which can and does kill them. These men and women push themselves to the limit just to see if they can.
A fantastic book about diving the Andrea Doria and all the thrills, and tragity, that accompanies such a technical dive.
This was a fascinating introduction into a really scary pasttime...deep diving. I loved the rivalries.
If you love scuba diving books, this is a must read. Check out Shadow Divers as well.
Fascinating book about extreme diving on the Andrea Doria.
Really interesting book
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