72 Hours

Informationen zum Autor Frank Pope is the Ocean Correspondent of The Times and presenter for the BBC . Previously he worked on underwater expeditions all over the world under the auspices of Oxford MARE (Maritime Archaeological Research and Excavation Unit), including the excavation of Admiral Lord Nelson's flagship HMS Agamemnon. He divides his time between London and Nairobi. Visit Frank Pope's website http://frankpope.co.uk and follow him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/papafranco . Klappentext 5 August 2005. The Russian navy submersible AS-28 was stuck fast. With 600 feet of freezing water above them, there was no escape for the seven crew. Trapped in a titanium tomb, all they could do was wait as their air supply slowly dwindled. On the other side of the world, Commander Ian Riches got the call: there was a sub down. Riches knew that his team had a chance to save the men, but the sub was at th every limit of their range, and time was running out. On board AS-28 , the crew shut down all non-essential systems, climbed into thick thermal suits to keep the bone-chilling damp at bay and waited, desperate to eke out the thin, stale air. But as the first of them began to drift in and out of consciousness, they knew the end was close. They started writing their farewells . . . 'Marvellous . . . navigates the technical details and twists and turns of this rousing story with . . . nailbiting tension' DAILY MAIL 'A suspenseful, true-life tale' THE TIMES Zusammenfassung The Royal Navy's dramatic race to save the crew of a trapped Russian submarine.

Product details

• Authors: Frank Pope, Pope Frank
• Publisher: Orion
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 18.04.2013
• EAN: 9781409126973
• ISBN: 978-1-4091-2697-3
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 22 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Survival, Biography: historical, political & military, Military history: post WW2 conflicts, HISTORY / Military / Naval, HISTORY / Maritime History & Piracy, maritime history, Military vehicles, c 2000 to c 2009, True stories of heroism, endurance and survival, Naval forces and warfare, Military history: post-WW2 conflicts, HISTORY / Russia / Post-Soviet, HISTORY / Military / Vehicles / Sea