Neutral Buoyancy

Adventures in a Liquid World

By: Tim Ecott

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Paperback | 30 May 2002 | Edition Number 1

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384 Pages

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A brilliant mix of vivid reportage, history and science. Historical diving bells, greek sponge divers, world war two frogmen and record-setting breath hold divers compete for space with misunderstood sharks, weeping turtles, smiling dolphins and erotically shaped sea slugs. From Ireland to Florida, Papua New Guinea to Vienna and the Bahamas to Seychelles, Neutral Buoyancy is travel writing of the most fascinating, readable kind; providing a window - or a view from a glass bottomed boat - on a rich, unfamiliar and unique destination. Travel writing of this quality makes Neutral Buoyancy a must for all armchair travellers, not just divers.

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This is described on the cover as the 'Fever Pitch of scuba diving', and one can only hope that this means that every possible sport has now found its Nick Hornby. As for scuba, while this book lacks the football equivalent's charm and humour, it makes up for it in its robust scholarship and lyrical prose. Ecott is in love with diving and he wants us to be too. He is fascinated by its history, from the Greek sponge divers, through to Edmund Halley's exploits in Pagham harbour, as much as he is drawn to comets, and Jacques Cousteau, who brought scuba diving to the masses in the 1960s with his enthusiasm and ludicrous accent. And interspersed with all this is the author's own experiences. He comes across as the wise old bird on the beach, hair bleached, at ease with his scuba gear, telling stories of past dives and escapades in faraway lands. And thus he can verge on the hippy - in love with the weird world below the waves, aware that we're not supposed to be there, and occassionally justifying it all with some cod philosophy. His enthusiasm wins through and we're left with an engaging account of a pursuit that seems more like a calling. (Kirkus UK)

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