READY TO DIVE: FIVE DECADES OF ADVENTURE

Book ID/图书代码： 11133024C00001

English Summary/英文概要： In Ready to Dive, Curt Newport describes his role in some of the most daring and consequential deep ocean search and recovery operations of our time. Newport was there on the front lines and in the trenches, rigging lift lines, piloting underwater vehicles, and dealing with the carnage following both military and civilian plane crashes. Starting with his life as the son of a US Army aviator during various international postings before covering his conflicts with his father during the turbulent 1960s, the book details how he got into the subsea field. In a career lasting nearly fifty years, probing waters deeper than three miles, Newport describes unwinding passenger clothing from submersible propellers during the Air India salvage, recovering tons of volatile fuel–laden solid rocket motor parts from the Space Shuttle Challenger, thumbing through the wallet of a young girl lost during the crash of TWA Flight 800, and deciphering the navigational mystery of the USS Indianapolis. Ready to Dive is a gritty, blunt, and real firsthand subsea account unlike any other.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 在《向海底进击》一书中，柯特·纽波特描述了他在我们这个时代最勇敢、最重要的深海搜索和打捞行动中的角色。纽波特亲临前线，参与了各种紧张的任务，如安装提升绳索、驾驶水下航行器，处理军用和民用飞机坠毁后的悲剧。从他作为一名美国陆军飞行员的儿子在各种国际职位上的生活开始，然后讲述了他在动荡的20世纪60年代与父亲的冲突，书中详细介绍了他是如何进入海底油田的。在长达近50年的职业生涯中，纽波特探测过深度超过3英里的水域，他描述了在印度航空公司(Air India)的打捞过程中，从潜水器螺旋桨上解开乘客的衣服，从挑战者号航天飞机上回收成吨的挥发性燃料固体火箭发动机部件，翻阅在环球航空公司(TWA)800航班坠毁中失踪的一个小女孩的钱包，以及破解“印第安纳波利斯”号航空母舰的导航之谜。《向海底进击》是一部真实、直白且生动的第一手水下记述，与其他作品截然不同。(Sandy)

Awards/获奖情况："Curt Newport, the world-renowned salvage expert, was born with saltwater in his veins. His definitive and often harrowing accounts of high-profile undersea search and salvage missions will have readers on the edge of their seats."
—George Leopold, author of Calculated Risk: The Supersonic Life and Times of Gus Grissom

"Newport viscerally shares a sense of being out in the deep ocean, in the most alien environment this planet can o¬ffer, when recovering remains of those swallowed into the depths. Yet we also sense the elation of finding ships thought lost forever, being able to literally rewrite the history books. Because of him, the world has a historic spacecraft on museum display instead of crumbling in the ocean depths. It’s quite a ride."
—Francis French, author of Into That Silent Sea: Trailblazers of the Space Era, 1961–1965 "A deep dive into the murky and dangerous world of subsea operations and recoveries from the man who spent nearly fifty years in that hostile, unforgiving environment. This isn’t just a historical biography of some of the most newsworthy undersea operations—it’s a gripping firsthand account that puts the reader in the cold, dark, alien environment that will leave you gasping for air!"
—David A. Yuzuk, author of The Giant Killer

"After working in the off¬shore business for twenty years, I can tell you that this book is the most accurate depiction of the life o¬ffshore. Curt has lived an astonishing life—race driver, rocket engineer, subsea engineer, submarine pilot, musician, and most of all one of the most respected pioneers of the underwater construction industry. I thoroughly enjoyed reading the story of his life and learning about the man who helped to create the underwater commercial technology that we have today."
—Justin Hall, Program Manager, Phoenix International Holdings

"They said it was impossible. Newport’s mission to raise Liberty Bell 7 from three miles below the Atlantic Ocean was perhaps as audacious as the mission’s original brief from thirty-eight years earlier—a mission to raise Gus Grissom and his tiny spacecraft, 100 miles above Earth, to accomplish the world’s third human spaceflight. It’s all recounted here, along with Newport’s countless other search and recovery operations as one of the great pioneers of remotely operated vehicles (ROVs). Ready to Dive is a fascinating, no-nonsense insight into nearly fifty years of Newport’s experience at the forefront of some of the most notable deep ocean expeditions in recent memory."
—Andy Saunders, author of Apollo Remastered

About the Author/作者介绍： 库特·纽波特于2022年退休，结束了他在水下领域的四十七年职业生涯。在他的工作中，他操作过加拿大、美国、英国和挪威的水下航行器，足迹遍布国际水域，从北极到“怒涛四十度：指南纬40度至50度之间的地区”，波斯湾、北海以及大西洋和太平洋赤道两侧。总体而言，他参与了超过150次水下作业，最深达5500米（超过3.4英里）。他曾支持多项海底水下任务，如打捞印度航空182航班、挑战者号航天飞机事故处理、自由钟7号回收、环球航空800航班事故处理、泰坦尼克号现场直播画面传输，以及“印第安纳波利斯”号航空母舰事故处理，还有许多涉及军事飞机失事的机密任务。

Curt Newport retired in 2022 after forty-seven years in the underwater profession. During his work with underwater vehicles, he operated Canadian, US, British, and Norwegian vehicles on an international basis, ranging from the Arctic to the “Roaring Forties,” the Persian Gulf, the North Sea, and both sides of the equator in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Overall, he has participated in over 150 undersea operations in water depths down to 5,500 meters (over 3.4 miles). He has supported numerous undersea operations such as the salvage of Air India Flight 182, the Space Shuttle Challenger, the recovery of Liberty Bell 7, TWA Flight 800, the broadcast of live images from the RMS Titanic, and the USS Indianapolis, as well as many classified missions involving the loss of military aircraft.

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