Flying Deep Climb Inside Deep-Sea Submersible Alvin [Paperback]

Climb aboardAlvin, the famous deep-sea submersible credited with helping to find theTitanic, and take a trip two miles down to the bottom of the ocean.

Experience a day in the life of anAlvinpilot and join scientists at the seafloor to collect samples and conduct research. Along the way, discover what one wears, eats, and talks about during a typical eight-hour trip in a underwater craft and find out more about the animals that live deep in our oceans. Extensive back matter explains howAlvinworks, describes the author's research, and includes a glossary and further reading.

An appealing, exhilarating, and informative vicarious journey of discovery  —Kirkus Reviews, STARRED REVIEW

Wong’s detailed illustrations add an exciting immediacy to the descent and to the glowing wonders of the deep”—Washington PostReaders join an Alvin pilot and scientists in an exciting journey as they voyage down deep to the ocean floor to collect samples and conduct research. Named for Allyn Vine, who helped pioneer deep submergence research and technology for the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, Alvin helped in the exploration of the Titanic wreckage in 1986. Imagine you're the pilot of Alvin, a deep-sea submersible barely big enough for three, the engaging text begins. Cusolito's inviting, you are there narration puts readers inside the submersible to discover what one wears, eats, and talks about during a typical eight-hour journey to learn about life inhabiting the deepest realms of our oceans. How do you breathe? What kind of music might you listen to? How do you see when you enter thick blackness ? The answers to those and many other questions are answered. The voyage down is not without perils: Fishing nets or anchor chains could entangle Alvin and trap you. On the seafloor, Eerie spires loom. Black smokers blast scalding water and poisonous, sooty particles from deep l“T