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The Shipwreck Hunter

A Lifetime of Extraordinary Discoveries on the Ocean Floor

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The Shipwreck Hunter

By: David L. Mearns
Narrated by: Dan Woren
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This gripping memoir by the world's foremost marine geologist is an enthralling blend of maritime history, popular science, and Clive Cussler-style adventure.

David L. Mearns has discovered some of the world's most fascinating and elusive shipwrecks. From the mighty battleship HMS Hood, sunk in a pyrrhic duel with the Bismarck, to solving the mystery of HMAS Sydney, to the crumbling wooden skeletons of Vasco da Gama's 16th-century fleet, Mearns has searched for and found dozens of sunken vessels in every ocean of the world.

The Shipwreck Hunter chronicles his most intriguing finds. It describes the extraordinary techniques used, the detailed research, and mid-ocean stamina and courage required to find a wreck thousands of feet beneath the sea, as well as the moving human stories that lie behind each of these oceanic tragedies. Combining the adventuring derring-do of Indiana Jones with the precision of a scientist, The Shipwreck Hunter opens an illuminating porthole into the shadowy depths of the ocean.

©2018 David L. Mearns (P)2018 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Adventure Travel Engineering Maritime History & Piracy Professionals & Academics Science & Technology Ships & Shipbuilding Transportation World Adventure Travel Memoir
Fascinating Shipwreck Histories • Compelling Human Stories • Pleasant Narrator • Detailed Search Processes
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I found this book extremely interesting with the underwater search using cameras and forensics to determine where a shipwreck should be located. some of the wrecks are famous others are infamous and it makes for a very good story and it did keep my attention throughout the book.

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This book comprises a set of well told narrations of deep-sea quests to locate famous shipwrecks and discover as much information as possible about the details of the tragic losses. The technology and methods are fascinating. It is also satisfying to learn the details of event that captured the headlines when they occurred.

Exciting True Sea Stories

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Everybody has heard of Titanic but there are literally thousands of other wrecks to be found and this fantastic book sheds a light on some of the most notable that have joined the Titanic in being documented and honored. The blend of historic back story is a master stroke to give context and depth to the academic side of searching for a lost historical treasure. Easy to follow along and informative enough to come away amazed and educated.

Fascinating peek behind the curtain

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Excellent and important history lessons. Very interesting details but a tad too much technical jargon. Still enjoyed this book.

For the history & techie shipwreck buff.

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Not an adventure story with some swordplay and a dollop of historical fiction tossed in to add some spice. This in a Real Adventure story, The kind we all imagine we would like to live. Except we all know the difficulties and and danger would be overwhelming. Let alone the hours of tedious referencing of documents and anecdotes. This is a scientific journal written for all. Totally captivating.

Marvelous! Meticulously written.

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Learn how the author searched for and found some of the most famous warships and others! If you like underwater stories of discovery, then you will love this book!

Like Shipwreck Stories. . .

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I keep thinking that at some point the narrator is going to say "I'm Casey Kasem" He sounds just like him.

I originally thought the story would be more about diving and less about side scan sonar but the background story about the wrecks are well written and I find myself being interested in the stories of what you might think would be uninteresting wrecks.

Interesting story

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love how its not a long drawn out 12 hours of one wreck... lots of wrecks and lots of info.. well written

very interesting

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Compelling and touching personal story. Heavy technical descriptions. This book is not about searching for pirate ships. I liked the forward looking epilogue.

Enjoyable

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Interesting and technical...really a collection of stories with the same theme. well written if a bit narcissistic and sappy.

Brings History Alive

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