![]() Given that, as Casey notes, “virtually everything ever made by humans, from exquisite pieces of jewelry to massive building blocks for Egyptian pyramids, has been carried at one time or another by water craft,” the seafloor is littered with artifacts - a kind of spectacular underwater museum. There was Edward Forbes who loved dredging the deep so much, he wrote a famous song about it - “The Dredging Song,” a singable ditty you can find on Google. ![]() There’s the 1930s’ William Beebee and Otis Barton who dove to 3,028 feet to discover “a pulsing nightclub of life,” but who were so resentful of each other that they never spoke again after their last dive. ![]() Casey’s cast of characters are as quirky as the ocean itself.
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