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THE SILENT LANDSCAPE
The
Silent Landscape is my new book that
recounts the voyage of HMS Challenger and tells the story
of the science that the expedition encountered.
Challenger departed the British naval port
of Portsmouth in December 1872 and travelled 68,690 miles
in pursuit of knowledge about the sea floor. It was an epic
achievement and founded the sciences of marine geology and
oceanography.
The Silent Landscape
has twelve chapters that together cover the course of the
voyage, telling the story of the people on board as well
as examining the science that Challenger discovered. Where
Challenger's scientists missed something - either because
their technology was too primitive or because they did not
yet have the necessary scientific background to know what
to look for - I have included some extra discussion so that
you have a properly rounded picture of the science of the
sea floor!
There are many more images from the Challenger Expedition
than we could include in the print version of the book so
this series of web pages is designed to augment your enjoyment
of the book with additional images keyed into the twelve
chapters.
The chapters are:
Prologue
1.
Threshold of the Deep
2.
The Desert under the Sea
3.
The Restless Earth
4.
Kingdoms of Mud and Lime
5.
Climate Triggers and Bermudan Secrets
6.
Kelp and Cold Light
7.
The Library of Time
8.
The Grim Latitudes
9.
The Lost World
10.
The Echoes of Evolution
11.
The Groaning Planet
12.
Dreams of Big Science
Epilogue
Here's the map of Challenger's epic journey, taken from
my book...
Now click here to enter the Prologue...
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