Undersea Explorer William Beebe
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Posted by Henry Ramsager Nov 1, 2007 |
William Beebe (1877-1962) was an American naturalist, undersea explorer and author.
Beebe's moment in the sun came--in the dark depths of the sea-- in 1932 when Beebe, along with engineer Otis Barton, descended 914 meters (or 3,000 feet) in a pressurized steel sphere known as a bathysphere, an invention of the two divers.
The descent was made off the coast of Nonsuch Island, Bermuda.
Beebe wrote dozens of books about this and other expeditions throughout the world. His appetite for adventure took him to the jungles of South America, Asia, Mexico and Galapagos Islands.
He was buried in Trinidad.
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