title: Deep Ocean Journeys: Discovering New Life At The Bottom Of The Sea (Helix Book)
author: Cindy Lee Van Dover
description: "It is said that the seafloor is a desert, a vast and uniform wasteland, all but devoid of life. Textbooks on the shelf in my laboratory say so. But I know that is not true", writes scientist and submersible pilot Cindy Lee Van Dover in the Introduction to Deep-Ocean Journeys. Van Dover has ventured miles below surface waves to the bottom of the sea, driven by her desire to understand the complex and thriving ecosystems recently discovered near volcanic vents. These ecosystems are models for sites where life might have originated on this planet and where extraterrestrial life is speculated to exist on Mars and Europa. In this remarkable book, Van Dover gives lyrical voice to the scientific passion that motivates her, taking us along with her as she reveals the wonders of the ocean floor.
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  DEEP TROUBLE II
  
    
  
  Goosebumps - 58
  
  R.L. Stine
  
  (An Undead Scan v1.5)
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  I’m back.
  
  That’s what I thought when I arrived on the Cassandra for another summer
  vacation.
  
  Yes, I, William Deep, Jr., world-famous undersea explorer, am back.
  
  One year older. One year wiser. One year tougher.
  
  I breathed in a big gulp of salty air. I gazed at the clear green Caribbean
  sea around me.
  
  My little sister, Sheena, stood beside me. But I pretended she wasn’t there.
  
  She sort of ruined the atmosphere for me. She usually does.
  
  The Cassandra is my uncle’s boat. It’s a floating research lab.
  
  My uncle, Dr. George Deep, is a marine biologist. My parents sent me and
  Sheena to visit him on our summer vacation. They sent us the year before too.
  
  Dr. D. lives on the boat in the Caribbean all year long, studying tropical
  fish. It’s fun for us. We get to swim and stuff. My uncle is really nice. And
  my parents figure we’ll learn a lot about science and ocean life while we’re
  with h