Across the Top of the World by Delgado
This work integrates primary source documents with artefacts and the latest archaeological and anthropological findings to provide a comprehensive history of one of the greatest stories of exploration and discovery: the quest for the Northwest Passage.
JAMES P. DELGADO directs the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Maritime Heritage Program in the Office of National Marine Sanctuaries. He is the author of over 32 books, including Misadventures of aCivil War Submarine: Iron, Guns, and Pearls. He documented and studied HA-19, the midget submarine captured in Hawaii in 1941, and continues to study Japan's midget submarines. TERRY KERBY is the operations director and chief submersible pilot for the Hawaii Undersea Research Lab (HURL) at the University of Hawai'i. He initiated the effort to locate Ward's midget submarine in 1992 by using the Pisces V's pre-science dive season test dives to search for the submarine and also discovered the three-piece midget submarine. STEVEN PRICE works with the Hawaii Undersea Research Lab (HURL) as the maintenance chief for the Pisces IV and V submersibles and a diver and a back-up Pisces pilot. He created HURL's shipwreck database and has done the historical and background research on all of the maritime and cultural heritage discoveries that HURL's submersibles have made. MAXIMILIAN D. CREMER is the deputy operations director and senior submersible pilot for the Hawaii Undersea Research Lab. He joined HURL in 1998 and has been piloting PISCES IV or V during all maritime historical dives since 2003, scouting out SONAR targets, serving as camera and lighting platform, and providing on-site safety for the chief pilot and his crew in the other sub. HANS K. VAN TILBURG is the coordinator of maritime heritage in the Pacific Islands Region for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Office of National Marine Sanctuaries and the author of Chinese Junks on the Pacific: Views from a Different Deck. OLE VARMER is an attorney in the International Section of the Office of General Counsel for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, specializing in the law pertaining to underwater cultural heritage. This has included legal work for the protection of the two midget submarines off Oahu. RUSSELL MATTHEWS is a historian specializing in aviation and maritime subjects, as well as a filmmaker whose past work includes the Cold War documentary Regulus: The First Nuclear Missile Submarines. He made four dives to explore the Pearl Harbor midget subs and serves as executive producer for an upcoming television documentary about the mission.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780816041244 |
| ISBN 10 | 0816041245 |
| Title | Across the Top of the World |
| Author | Delgado |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Facts On File Inc |
| Year published | 1999-12-31 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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