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The Cave Divers

Veteran diver and journalist Robert Burgess takes the reader on a fascinating journey from the earliest pioneering expeditions into submerged prehistoric caves to some of the most recent record-setting cave.

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by Robert F Burgess
320 pages (colour & black and white pics, maps, illustrations.) In an award winning book, veteran diver and journalist Robert Burgess takes the reader on a fascinating journey from the earliest pioneering expeditions into submerged prehistoric caves to some of the most recent record-setting cave. In 24 action packed chapters you'll read about archaeological finds, including a 10,000 year old skull in Florida's Warm Mineral springs; the underwater passages feeding Bahama's blue holes, record depth and horizontal penetrations in Mexico and Florida; and explorations in France, UK and elsewhere. You will feel the lure of the labyrinth and learn of the thoughts and struggles of divers lost but to God. You'll go on body recovery dives and thrill when a team dispatched across continents beats the odds. And of course you'll read about the divers: Dr Geroge Benjamin, Eugenie clark, Carl Clausen, Jacques Cousteau, Sheck Exley, Steve Gerrard, Lamar Hires, Woody Jasper, Jon Lindbergh, Mike Madden, William Royal, Gary Salsman, Wes Skiles, Bill Stone, Edward Thompson and many more. You'll discover why these men are a breed apart, and why they push the limits of technology and human endurance.

Price NZD$ 65.95 (inc gst)
(excludes postage and packaging which will be added at checkout)