July 2018
Beginner
389 pages
7h 7m
English
Submersibles, both those remotely operated and autonomous ones, have been used for both scientific research purposes and private enterprise for several decades. They have studied life on the barren intercontinental plains, explored volcanic vents in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, and gone places impossible for humans to go. In the commercial world, they were thrust into the spotlight during the Deepwater Horizon oil disaster in 2010. A fleet of submersibles was used to cap the oil well and stop the spill in 5,000-foot depths, far below what human divers could reach. ...