For the first time you can be there, 12,000 feet below the ocean's surface, inside an unparalleled undersea volcanic world filled with strange creatures and dramatic landscapes.
James Cameron teams up with NASA scientists to explore the Mid-Ocean Ridge, a submerged chain of mountains that band the Earth and are home to some of the planet's most unique life forms.
Presents a history of the discovery and exploration of hydrothermal vents and undersea volcanoes, and tells how these scientific expeditions help researchers understand marine ecology.
Embarks on a recent, specific deepwater exploration that illuminates new knowledge about our oceans and enables young readers to observe the processes involved in marine exploration.
Join biologist Tim Shank and the crew of the Okeanos Explorer, America's first research ship dedicated solely to exploration, on the 1977 expedition along the Gal�apagos Rift that discovered hydrothermal vents.
An award-winning science writer discusses one of the most extreme environments on Earth-hydrothermal ocean vents at the bottom of the sea-and the creatures who have evolved to thrive in this unlikely habitat.
