The Underworld: Journeys to the Depths of the Ocean

by Susan Casey

some of James Clark Ross’s specimens were eaten by his ship’s cat.

dressage-style maneuvering

There are environmental worlds on earth every bit as weird as what we may imagine to revolve by far-off suns. —Loren Eiseley

“I think the worst sin is boredom.”

“I define exploration as curiosity acted upon,”

Vescovo replied. “If you’re not going to live with some degree of adventure, I think it’s a life half-lived.”

UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, estimates that some three million ships linger on the seabed, all but a tiny fraction of them unknown.

“What’s it taste like?” Lahey asked. Jamieson winced. “Like a fucking cockroach.”