David Mearns is a marine scientist, oceanographer, and author. He specializes in search and recovery and shipwrecks. He hold five Guinness World Records for his work in the oceans, which I found really interesting. I enjoyed learning about the process of deep sea recovery, which he went into with extreme detail. Other reviews have mentioned this fact and said they got bored, but I did not personally have that issue. I was not bored at all. He has found several notable wrecks, which are detailed in this book.

I especially liked learning about the Lucona, which was sunk in 1977. The author was enlisted to find the shipwreck and video the wreckage for use in a criminal trial. As it turned out, the ship was damaged from a bomb planted in the cargo as part of an insurance scam. Unfortunately, six people on this ship lost their lives. This whole criminal case was really interesting, and I had never heard of it before I read this book. I also really liked the World War II era ships that were mentioned in the book, which appealed to my WWII History Specialization heart, haha.

I have always wanted to dive and snorkel shipwrecks, and I think that shipwrecks are beautiful. I have a couple of books about shipwrecks (Lusitania, Indianapolis, and the U869). I also have a whole board on Pinterest dedicated to various shipwrecks. I hope that I have the opportunity one day to dive or snorkel a wreck. This book was amazing, and I would suggest it for anyone who is a fan of shipwrecks and oceanography.