| Show OPENS NEW WORLD TO scientific KEN beabes ocean explorations Exploration 3 of high importance william beebe deep sea explorer has as alveda ched a life of 0 many strange adventures in n the world of sc science leuce in ills his mental makeup there abides nn an I 1 curiosity about living things all the origins of life science for him Is associated with romance and adventure mysteries of the jungles fascinate him tho sea Is tin an aqueous undiscovered continent ft hose secrets lure him to strange and orl inal explorations with fabre the french entomologist and hudson the Hiltl sli naturalist the name of IN willlim lillain beebe the lie american Is linked as 88 one of a arlu of scientists whose ft hose enthusiasms tin and literary abilities liae have popularized sed tile study of nature and broadened tile interest of humanity in tills this living world ills latest felt feat results of which a are re not yet ct scientifically kil aown own might be called a purely spectacular one it if the name of william beebe were not attached to its perform pel form ance for the first time the human voice was ft as transmitted to the radio world from a half mile below tile the surface of the sea off nonsuch Is land in the bermudas I 1 or mudis tills was made possible by the bathysphere the invention ot otis barton serving the same purpose for deep sea observations ions tint that Profess br Ilc Ile cards alti aluminum minnin globe iobe did to the upper strata of the alie earths atmosphere the ahe device delce Is an all airtight metal ball with ft etli steel sides tin nn inch and n half thick irom from tills hermetically sealed compartment comp the voice of doctor beebe was heard from a 2200 foot level of sea depth and relayed to new york for worldwide world wide ft ido transi slon tills latest adventure aden tuie Is only in its experimental stages as yet what discoveries lie ahead in the na ture of unknown monsters of the deep ore are still conjectural the mys teries of the sea depths hive have only been superficially touched doctor beabes expedition in search of the legendary sargasso Sir gasso sea tanks ranks in romantic interest with jasons expedition tion in quest of the golden fleece whether jason ever found his golden fleece and what became of it are questions still in the re along glons of put but doctor beebe at least rescued the alie famous sea from the regions of myth and put it on record accord as being greatly exah exaggerated gge rated time lime out of mind the sargasso sea has furnished material for munchausen stories of lost ships and dreadful monsters of the deep which were supposed to live in a world of floating seaweed rooted to the floor of the ocean it was nas sup posed to be the antles of deith death it a whirlpool of tangled led s e a growths that for ages ind had suck d devoured ships into its depths and devoured L them in its meshes it was the lan lanti ties cs groat great port of missing ships fabled to hue have levied its toll in men and vessels from the days of the phoenicians Phoenicia ns to ta the present modern ships were supposed to avoid its currents and to baht shy of its deduc tire floatsan floa tsam kansas city star |
