Submarine Expedition:
Earth’s global ocean covers seventy percent of its surface. Its average depth is two point three miles. There are deep-sea trenches consuming tectonic plates. There are mid-ocean rifts producing new bedrock. Some experts consider the ocean more hostile than space. Admiral Martin is fond of saying: “The sea will get you if it can.”There is a place north of the Artic circle; about two hundred miles south of the North Pole and roughly three miles below the polar ice cap, where hydrothermal water percolates through newly formed ocean crust. Where mineral precipitates have built a kingdom of towers, spires, and bridges. A kingdom where giant blood-red tubeworms and foot long shrimp thrive, and an ancient dragon returns to life after a million years sleep.In more southern waters, industrialist and marine explorer, Admiral William Martin, has embarked on a three-month expedition to a mid-ocean rift beneath the Arctic ice cap. Critical to the success of this mission is his submarine Expedition. Expedition is an extraordinary nuclear powered research vessel that can make five thousand feet depth-to-keel. It has transparent titanium-aluminum windows, an active camouflage system, and seven sonar systems. It carries drilling equipment, a diving bell, an exploratory submersible that can walk over coalescing lava flows, and three minisubs. Admiral Martin is prepared for anything the sea can throw at him. Or so he thinks.After discovering a mineral treasure trove of precious metals and rare earth elements, escaping from a deep-sea dragon by the skin of its teeth, and while his science team is still examining core samples, a call comes in from the Navy. “Bill, we need your help.” Cetaceans are beaching themselves in large numbers on New Jersey shores, and one of the Navy’s submarines is missing. Will Expedition and his crew figure out why the whales are grounding themselves and why the Navy’s submarine is missing?
Earth’s global ocean covers seventy percent of its surface. Its average depth is two point three miles. There are deep-sea trenches consuming tectonic plates. There are mid-ocean rifts producing new bedrock. Some experts consider the ocean more hostile than space. Admiral Martin is fond of saying: “The sea will get you if it can.”
There is a place north of the Artic circle; about two hundred miles south of the North Pole and roughly three miles below the polar ice cap, where hydrothermal water percolates through newly formed ocean crust. Where mineral precipitates have built a kingdom of towers, spires, and bridges. A kingdom where giant blood-red tubeworms and foot long shrimp thrive, and an ancient dragon returns to life after a million years sleep.
In more southern waters, industrialist and marine explorer, Admiral William Martin, has embarked on a three-month expedition to a mid-ocean rift beneath the Arctic ice cap. Critical to the success of this mission is his submarine Expedition. Expedition is an extraordinary nuclear powered research vessel that can make five thousand feet depth-to-keel. It has transparent titanium-aluminum windows, an active camouflage system, and seven sonar systems. It carries drilling equipment, a diving bell, an exploratory submersible that can walk over coalescing lava flows, and three minisubs. Admiral Martin is prepared for anything the sea can throw at him. Or so he thinks.
After discovering a mineral treasure trove of precious metals and rare earth elements, escaping from a deep-sea dragon by the skin of its teeth, and while his science team is still examining core samples, a call comes in from the Navy. “Bill, we need your help.”
Cetaceans are beaching themselves in large numbers on New Jersey shores, and one of the Navy’s submarines is missing.
Will Expedition and his crew figure out why the whales are grounding themselves and why the Navy’s submarine is missing?
