First published 2003
Pat Iampietro prepares his team for one of the most dangerous dives on Earth. The Antarctic waters stretch before them, black and unforgiving beneath the ice. Iampietro knows the risks. The frigid temperatures can kill within minutes. Equipment failures become death sentences in this remote location. His team depends on meticulous planning and backup systems to survive what few humans have attempted. They travel to the bottom of the world driven by scientific discovery, but the ocean tests every safety measure they have prepared. Each team member faces the tension between pushing the boundaries of underwater exploration and returning home alive. The dive will demand everything from them as they descend into waters that could claim their lives without warning. This is a story about human determination meeting nature's most extreme conditions, where the pursuit of knowledge requires risking everything.
Genres: science-fiction, nature, adventure, non-fiction
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: man-vs-nature, pushing-boundaries
Setting: Antarctica
Period: 21st-century
48 pages · Library Binding · Enslow Pub Inc
Content warnings: death