Question Undersea Habitat book recommendations? (Tektite/Sealab/Conshelf)

[scooba_kev]

I'm interested in reading about the history of undersea habitats and how they worked operationally. Can't seem to find much. Any recommendations? I'm particularly interested in reading about the Tektite project but I'm open to books about any other habs.

 

[Compressor]

It is a big, broad question that you asked. As a starter you can look here.

 

[Luis H]

I have a copy of this book. It is very good. It has a lot of good information. You may be able to find a used copy at a more reasonable price.

I also met the author Ian Koblick in Key Largo at the Jules' Undersea Lodge and I briefly met him 50 years ago when the same habitat was in Puerto Rico and it was named La Chalupa research laboratory.



Living and Working in the Sea Hardcover – December 1, 1995
by James W. Miller (Author), Ian G. Koblick (Author)

 

[scooba_kev]

I have a copy of this book. It is very good. It has a lot of good information. You may be able to find a used copy at a more reasonable price.

I also met the author Ian Koblick in Key Largo at the Jules' Undersea Lodge and I briefly met him 50 years ago when the same habitat was in Puerto Rico and it was named La Chalupa research laboratory.



Living and Working in the Sea Hardcover – December 1, 1995
by James W. Miller (Author), Ian G. Koblick (Author)

Thanks, this is exactly the type of book I'm looking for. Now just need to find a copy somewhere!

 

[PEDiver]

Living and Working in the Sea Hardcover – December 1, 1995
by James W. Miller (Author), Ian G. Koblick (Author)

Very cool book. I have a copy kicking around here somewhere that I read years ago. A very fun and interesting rabbit hole to go down.

 

[Luis H]

Wow.

It appears to be available in the used marked... starting at $150 and there are many copies in the $400 to $500...


Maybe I should sell mine at a profit... I don't think so...

 

[Akimbo]

There are a few Sealab references in this thread that might be helpful:

Berry Cannon & Sealab III, 50 years ago today

Recommended Hardcopy Publications

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Sea Dwellers: The Humor, Drama, and Tragedy of the U.S. Navy Sealab Programs by Bob Barth, Navy Diver

Papa Topside: The Sealab Chronicles of Capt. George F. Bond, USN by George F Bond (Author), Helen a Siiteri (Editor)

Sealab: America's Forgotten Quest to Live and Work on the Ocean Floor by Ben Hellwarth, ScubaBoard's @SEALAB Author Ben H.

ScubaBoard Footnotes

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SeaLab by Ben Hellwarth

Lessons from SEALAB and a golden age

Walter F. Mazzone, a top SEALAB officer, dies at 96

What is Saturation Diving?

 

[Akimbo]

You may also be interested in World Without Sun by Jacques Yves. Cousteau. There is also a movie by the same name. It covers the 1963 Conshelf II saturation diving experiment in the Red Sea.

 

[scooba_kev]

You may also be interested in World Without Sun by Jacques Yves. Cousteau. There is also a movie by the same name. It covers the 1963 Conshelf II saturation diving experiment in the Red Sea.

Yeah that's actually what got me interested in reading more about the habs. It's a great film.

 

[WeRtheOcean]

starting at $150 and there are many copies in the $400 to $500

Was this perchance on eBay?

I wouldn't trust eBay sellers anymore. Recently, I was in Target looking at a specific item of furniture. Then I did a price comparison online. Sellers on eBay were listing the same type of furniture, used, for as much or more as the brand new one at Target. Now, that could make sense if the ones on eBay were higher quality; but no, same particle board crap. Yeah, there's this thing called depreciation...