Breathing Underwater: The Quest to Live in the Sea - Hardcover

Dust jacket notes: "Breathing Underwater is the true story of a small group of daring men who, in the 1960s and early '70s, set out to conquer the continental shelf-the submerged seabed surrounding the continents-by learning to live and work at the bottom of the sea. It is also the story of Joe MacInnis, a young medical doctor who participated in the quest. In this fascinating account of undersea exploration, we go diving with Jacques Cousteau, Walter Cronkite, Pierre Trudeau and James Cameron. As well, we spend time inside the U.S. Navy's SeaLab in the Pacific, MacInnis's Sub Igloo under the ice in the Arctic and "America's inner space station" in the Atlantic. Combining insight, anecdote and scientific fact, Dr. MacInnis recreates an undersea journey where survival hinges on trust and teamwork and the skillful use of new and complicated technologies. As his stories unfold, MacInnis reveals the some-times lethal consequences of the struggle to master the universe below. Breathing Underwater offers a new perception of the ocean's depths and our relationship to them. With beautiful illustrations by Glen Loates, this book celebrates one of the last great journeys on Earth-and the pioneers who made it possible."