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Matsen, Brad , Matsen, Brad

An Extreme Dive under the Antarctic Ice

48 pp. | Enslow | October, 2003 | Library ISBN 0-7660-2190-4 $$18.95
(4) 4-6 Incredible Deep-Sea Adventures series. These books examine historic events in underwater exploration. Extreme Dive discusses an Antarctic dive to research pollution on the sea floor. Record-Setting and Submersible look at two deep-sea studies of the sea floor and its unusual creatures. Although the writing is choppy, Matsen builds tension by revealing the risks of such dives. Average-quality photos accompany the text. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. [Review covers these Incredible Deep-Sea Adventures titles: An Extreme Dive under the Antarctic Ice, The Incredible Record-Setting Deep-Sea Dive of the [cf4]Bathysphere[cf3], and The Incredible Submersible [cf4]Alvin[cf3] Discovers a Strange Deep-Sea World.]
Reviewer: Hilary Breed Van Dusen

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