Three Miles Down: A Firsthand Account of Deep Sea Exploration and A Hunt for Sunken World War II Treasure

The author of Ghosts of Manila describes Project Orca's quest for the gold carried by two World War II wrecks, the Japanese submarine I-52 and the British liner SS Aurelia, and shares impressions of life three miles below the surface of the South Atlantic. Reprint.

James Hamilton-Paterson is the author of sixteen books of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. His novel Ghosts of Manila was short-listed for the Whitbread Prize in 1994, which he previously won for Gerontius in 1991, and two of his books have been New York Times Notables. A fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, Hamilton-Paterson divides his time between Italy and the Philippines.