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What are the Soviets up to? Anders Sjaastad of the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs believes that "the incidents are linked to the Soviets' antisubmarine efforts." The Russians maintain a line of undersea sonar devices across the Arctic waters that separate Norway from Spitsbergen Island. NATO also has an underwater sensing line that extends westward from Vardo toward Greenland. One supposition is that the ships are somehow involved in a project to upgrade the Soviet antisubmarine spy system. Another is that they would like to tamper with?possibly eavesdrop on?NATO signals...
...billion years ago, it moves on through the formation and movement of the continents and proceeds to a discussion of the composition of the seas today. In the course of the trip it discusses, briefly but lucidly, explorations from the time of Columbus and Magellan to the new undersea explorations of the Piccards. It looks closely at the myriad life forms that inhabit the oceans, and the resources-oil, minerals, precious metals-that lie beneath the surface...
...pages; $14.95) is based largely on newly released documents from British, U.S. and German archives, as well as on eyewitness accounts. The fascinating history exhumes and examines the political squabbles and secret deals on land-and the herculean U.S. shipbuilding program that eventually scuttled Dönitz's undersea fleet. With more than 400 action photos...
Destiny, however, proved my friends right and my father wrong. Belle zigged where the Weather Bureau thought she was going to zag, and the storm blew into supposedly safe New York City instead of hurtling Fire Island into the undersea world of Jacques Cousteau. I spent the night pumping raw sewage out of our flooded City basement, while my weather-wise buddies drank themselves into a coma to the pleasant accompaniment of a noisy but relatively subdued gale. The revelry wore on late into the night: one well-prepared inebriate fell asleep in a corner wearing flippers, a snorkel...
...small annual jumps. Critics charge that this pace is too sedate to discourage consumption or spur production significantly, considering the enormous costs and risks involved. A current example: last week, in the first auction of East Coast offshore drilling rights, oil companies bid $1.14 billion for leases on 154 undersea tracts off New Jersey and New York from which oil will not begin flowing-if indeed much is found-until...