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The Shipwreck Hunter

A Lifetime of Extraordinary Discoveries on the Ocean Floor

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The Shipwreck Hunter

By: David L. Mearns
Narrated by: Dan Woren
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This gripping memoir by the world's foremost marine geologist is an enthralling blend of maritime history, popular science, and Clive Cussler-style adventure.

David L. Mearns has discovered some of the world's most fascinating and elusive shipwrecks. From the mighty battleship HMS Hood, sunk in a pyrrhic duel with the Bismarck, to solving the mystery of HMAS Sydney, to the crumbling wooden skeletons of Vasco da Gama's 16th-century fleet, Mearns has searched for and found dozens of sunken vessels in every ocean of the world.

The Shipwreck Hunter chronicles his most intriguing finds. It describes the extraordinary techniques used, the detailed research, and mid-ocean stamina and courage required to find a wreck thousands of feet beneath the sea, as well as the moving human stories that lie behind each of these oceanic tragedies. Combining the adventuring derring-do of Indiana Jones with the precision of a scientist, The Shipwreck Hunter opens an illuminating porthole into the shadowy depths of the ocean.

©2018 David L. Mearns (P)2018 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Adventure Travel Engineering Maritime History & Piracy Professionals & Academics Science & Technology World Adventure Military Hunting Travel Memoir
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Despite Some technical details out my depth, i enjoyed each of stories both human and technical sides. Tragedies, courage, intelligence and determination, this book has in spades. A well deserved 5 stars rating

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