Submerged: Adventures of America’s Most Elite Underwater Archeology Team (Paperback)
From Publishers Weekly
Recounting his 25 years as founder and director of the Submerged Cultural Resources Unit the underwater archeological team of the National Park Service Lenihan (Wake of the Perdido Star, with Gene Hackman) offers an entertaining mix of maritime history, memoir and adventure tale. Started in 1975 to keep fortune hunters from looting national water parks for sunken treasure and damaging vital historical material, Lenihan’s unit has explored the wondrous (and (more…)
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I realy enjoyed Submerged. I found my self not being able to put the book down. Lenihan explains the importance of saving our submereged historical artifacts as well as those of other nations. I am a History Major as well as a Diver. This book has both of the two worlds. I would recomend this book to anyone interested in diving or history.
I am an experienced technical diver and was fascinated with that aspect of this book. Mr. Lenihan is indeed a good story teller. I wouldn’t be caught dead doing some of the dives that they did on air– but then again they were diving years ago when no mixed gasses were easily available. I feel that I have the right to take souvenirs from shipwrecks if I’ve gone to the trouble and expense to get to them and they’re going to just corrode away in the sea. But Mr. Lenihan makes his points about preservation without being obnoxious and self-righteous and I like that. He made me think enough about the value of these wrecks that even though I’ll probably still take small souvenirs, my newly informed conscience would keep me from taking anything too nice. Don’t buy this book if you want to know the best and safest ways to deep dive or cave dive. I’m not saying they aren’t real good divers but they dive with air and a prayer. Still, in all, I really enjoyed it.