Illustrated hardcover on the oceanographic studies being done now & planned for the future with more than 70 color illustrations showing the deep sea work with Sealab, experiments in living under the sea for extended periods, improved methods for mining salts & extracting minerals from the sea bottom, intensive searches for lost gold & relics from sunken ships, new ways to control weather at sea & developments in obtaining food and medicine from sea life. as well as harnessing energy from the ocean. Written by George S. Fichter, a professional biologist & nature writer. Book is 168 pages.
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Seller: Jean-Louis Boglio Maritime Books, CYGNET, TAS, Australia
1st Ed. 168 PP with 3 b/w illustrations and 71 colour photos. Fp: With modern diving gear, man moves underwater. Pictorial boards. Near fine. 23.5 x 15.7. Living under the sea. Diving deep. Mining the sea. Preserving the sea. Seller Inventory # 41112
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Seller: All Lost Books, Wollaston, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. A consideration of how the seas might be used in the future (as seen in the 1970s). Includes mnay colour photographs. 168pp. Pictorial boards. Light rubbing to edges of boards. Seller Inventory # 50206
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