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Dark Descent : Diving and the Deadly Allure of the Empress of Ireland by Kevin F. McMurray (2004, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherMcGraw-Hill Professional Publishing
ISBN-10007141634X
ISBN-139780071416344
eBay Product ID (ePID)23038265582

Product Key Features

Book TitleDark Descent : Diving and the Deadly Allure of the Empress of Ireland
Number of Pages288 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2004
TopicModern / 20th Century, General, Scuba & Snorkeling, Ships & Shipbuilding / History
IllustratorYes
GenreTransportation, Sports & Recreation, History
AuthorKevin F. Mcmurray
FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.1 in
Item Weight21 Oz
Item Length9.1 in
Item Width6.3 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2003-025917
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal797.2/3
Table Of ContentPreface One: Fourteen Minutes Two: Brave Pioneers: From Initial Salvage to Jacques Cousteau Three: Extreme Diving Four: More Fatalities Five: Planning the 2002 Expedition Six: Adventure Seven: Return to the Empress of Ireland Epilogue: Empress Alumni Appendices Notes Bibliography Acknowledgments
SynopsisOn May 29th, 1914, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, the Empress of Ireland sank in just 14 minutes taking with her all but 465 of her 1,477 passengers and crew, many of them women and children. The sinking of the Empress and the consequent huge loss of life made headlines around the world. The Titanic disaster, just two years prior, was still fresh in people's minds. Aboard the Empress, 1,012 lost their lives, including 840 passengers, eight more than had perished on the Titanic. In some respects the tragedy of the Empress was more poignant than that of the White Star liner. The tragic sinking, however, was soon forgotten with the outbreak of World War I and the sinking of the Lusitania by a German U-Boat a year later. The horrors of trench warfare and the cataclysmic loss of life made the public quickly forget the story of one of the 20th century's biggest sea disasters. Today the Empress decays quietly under 140 feet of water - a tomb to more than 600 victims. But her story is anything but quiet. Dark Descent will not only explore the fatal accident and its place in history, it will also be an inside look into the failed salvage attempts, from the first hard-hat diver sent down to recover bodies to the most recent adrenaline junkies. McMurray will also delve into the stormy debates and politics surrounding eminent domain and artifact recovery from the ship. Finally, he'll explain how the greatest wreck you never heard of has become the destination du jour for thrill-seekers. is still claiming the lives of envelope-pushing divers wanting to bag a pinnacle descent. The spectacle of seeing this massive hull first-hand is a lure that is hard to resist, but there has been a price to pay. This book will tell those stories.
LC Classification NumberGV838.673.Q84M36
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