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Deep Sea Diving

History World

The Epic Hunt for a Lost World War II Aircraft Carrier

In 1942, a volley of torpedoes sent the U.S.S. Wasp to the bottom of the Pacific. Earlier this year, a team of wreck hunters set out to find it.

Ed Caesar The New York Times Magazine Mar 2019 35min Permalink

History

Unfathomable

How sunken treasure and a sibling rivalry led Charles and John Deane to invent modern deep-sea diving.

James Nestor Epic Nov 2016 30min Permalink

Science

Diving Deep into Danger

On commercial diving, the third most deadly profession.

Nathaniel Rich New York Review of Books Jan 2013 20min Permalink