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Setting the Hook
Peter M. Hunt
其他書名
A Diver's Return to the Andrea Doria
出版CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2011-12-14
主題Biography & Autobiography / GeneralBiography & Autobiography / Adventurers & ExplorersHistory / Expeditions & DiscoveriesSports & Recreation / Water Sports / Scuba & SnorkelingTransportation / Ships & Shipbuilding / History
ISBN14537342019781453734209
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=hC6mpwAACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋The 1956 collision of the Andrea Doria and the Stockholm triggered a night of sheer terror for the Andrea Doria's 1,706 passengers and crew and set in motion one of history's most dramatic rescues at sea. From the moment the Andrea Doria settled on the sea floor in 240 feet of water, skilled sport divers have risked their lives to simply touch the "Mount Everest of wreck diving." Not all returned alive. Peter Hunt crewed on five Andrea Doria expeditions during the early 1980s before becoming a Navy pilot and settling in Washington State. Nearly twenty years after first exploring the Andrea Doria - and following twelve months of training in the sport's amazing advances in equipment and techniques - Hunt hugged his wife and children goodbye and returned to New York to dive the Andrea Doria once again. The experience transformed him forever. Setting the Hook explores the Andrea Doria through an introspective odyssey of memory, heart-pounding adventure, and history as thirty years of extreme diving and enduring friendships merge in a personal tale of learning to accept life's oldest challenge.