Fatal Depth. Deep Sea Diving, China Fever, and the Wreck of the Andrea Doria
| Autor: | HABERSTROH, Joe |
| Páginas: | 262 págs. págs. |
| Fecha: | 2004 |
| Precio: | 18,00 € |
At 11:10 p.m. on July 25, 1956, the luxurious Italian ocean liner Andrea Doria collided with the Stockholm forty-five miles south of Nantucket. Half a century later the wreck of the Andrea Doria is still claiming lives. Proffessional and amateur divers the world over consider the Andrea Doria to be the Everest of diving. At 225 feet below the surface, the wreck lies at the very edge of human endurance and accomplishment; ordinary air becomes toxic, and the divers who go there suffer nitrogen narcosis or "the rapture of the deep".