Reprint of a work originally published by Knopf in 1996. The author is a marine artist and writer whose work, though detailed and scientific, draws in non-scientists with an engaging writing style and with extraordinary black-and-white depictions of sea creatures (100 or so, half-page or smaller, are included here). Discussion includes the Atlantic Ocean and the history of deep sea exploration, and explanation of the biology and habits of numerous sea animals. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
Open this book and you'll plunge five miles below the surface of the sea into a realm inhabited by living creatures that strain the bounds of credibility. Richard Ellis recounts stories of exploration of the deep sea and brings us face-to-face with these unexpected efflorescences of evolution. (6 1/2 X 9 1/4, 416 pages, b&w photos, illustrations)