An in-depth look at the danger of diving the
Andrea Doria
, the "Everest" of deep-sea diving, by an award-winning journalist and photographer.
On a foggy July evening in 1956, the Italian cruise liner
Andrea Doria,
bound for New York, was struck broadside by another vessel. In eleven hours, she would sink nearly 250 feet to the murky Atlantic Ocean floor. Thanks to a daring rescue operation, only fifty-one of more than 1,700 people died in the tragedy. But the
is still taking lives.
Considered the Mount Everest of diving, the
is the ultimate deepwater wreck challenge. Over the years, a small but fanatical group of extreme scuba divers have investigated the
pushing themselves to the very limits of human endurance to explore her—and not all have returned. Diver Kevin McMurray takes you inside this elite club with a hard, honest look at those who go deeper, farther, and closer to the edge than others would ever dream.
Deep Descent
is the riveting true story of the human spirit overcoming human frailty and of fearsome, mortal risks traded for a hard-core adrenaline rush. Chronicling these adventures in his page-turning narrative and in dozens of dramatic photos, McMurray draws us deeper into the cold heart of the unforgiving sea, giving us a powerful vision of a place to which few will ever have the skills—or the courage—to go.