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No time on our side
For three and a half days millions the world over held their breath for two men trapped on the Atlantic seabed, far deeper than any had previously survived a submarine accident.
For Roger Chapman and Roger Mallinson there was the horror of plunging helplessly to the ocean bed; followed by the agonizing trials of lying day after day imprisoned by their tiny steel sphere in dank darkness with the air becoming so foul that it turned to a life or death struggle against slipping into a merciful coma.
There was no time on their side when the rescuers were at last ready to risk hauling Pisces III up from the ocean bed; but for those trapped this proved the fiercest torture of all. Through what seemed an age their craft bucked them around brutally when suspended from a ship tossing on the surface, while divers fought to prevent it hurtling to the bottom again.
Men and equipment were rushed by air and sea from Britain, Canada, USA and Ireland for the rescue operation which was led by a man who himself had been rescued from the sea bottom—and it had been in the same Pisces III. Peter Messervy and all those with him struggling underwater, afloat and in the air succeeded in a near miracle salvage against incredible difficulties.
Aside from that fateful dive the author writes intriguingly of the amazing little underwater craft which are pioneers in the vast undersea development lying ahead of us.
For Roger Chapman and Roger Mallinson there was the horror of plunging helplessly to the ocean bed; followed by the agonizing trials of lying day after day imprisoned by their tiny steel sphere in dank darkness with the air becoming so foul that it turned to a life or death struggle against slipping into a merciful coma.
There was no time on their side when the rescuers were at last ready to risk hauling Pisces III up from the ocean bed; but for those trapped this proved the fiercest torture of all. Through what seemed an age their craft bucked them around brutally when suspended from a ship tossing on the surface, while divers fought to prevent it hurtling to the bottom again.
Men and equipment were rushed by air and sea from Britain, Canada, USA and Ireland for the rescue operation which was led by a man who himself had been rescued from the sea bottom—and it had been in the same Pisces III. Peter Messervy and all those with him struggling underwater, afloat and in the air succeeded in a near miracle salvage against incredible difficulties.
Aside from that fateful dive the author writes intriguingly of the amazing little underwater craft which are pioneers in the vast undersea development lying ahead of us.
- GenresNonfiction
168 pages, Hardcover
First published June 1, 1975
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August 11, 2022
A little too technical for me, but a fascinating account. I had not heard of this before I read the book.
September 4, 2017
the first hand story of pilot and crew stuck on the pisces at 1500 feet for 3 days. Keeps me on my toes down everytime i'm down there. It's nice to compare this to vickers log of that incident for pilot training purposes.
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