As an armchair explorer of life under extreme conditions, I always enjoy reading the accounts of people who dare to go to these dangerous places themselves. One of them is Susan Casey, whose book on deep sea dives is informed by her own participation in some of the exploration as well as by immersing herself in the weird and wonderful world of those people who are prepared to go to the bottom of the oceans. While I had covered the 20th century explorations in my books, it was enlightening to read about the recent multi-record breaking exploits of Victor Vescovo who visited the deepest points of all five oceans in solo dives (the Five Deeps project completed in 2019).
The book is called
The underworld: Journeys to the depths of the oceansand my review is out now:
Susan Casey
Penguin 2024
Oceanic exploration
Chemistry & Industry Volume 89, Issue 6, June 2025, Page 30
access via:
Wiley Online Library (paywalled PDF of the whole review section)
SCI (premium content, ie members only)
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