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The Deepest Map: The High-Stakes Race to Chart the World's Oceans by Laura Trethewey

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chadwick373's review against another edition

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adventurous informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.25

palomacartwright's review against another edition

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5.0

I think this book was a really interesting read. Highlighting Cassie as the main character in the book to tell us the story and the importance of this work was special. She told the story in a way that I, a young, female, PhD student in Oceanography could relate to. I enjoyed the way she wrapped history into the story of what is to come for mapping the seabed. She highlighted the scary potential of history repeating itself with colonizing land masses and now colonizing the seafloor and what will that mean for the health of the ocean and the future of development. I also got to meet Laura for lunch and talk about this book and that was super special.

tomstbr's review against another edition

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4.0

If the first you heard about deep sea exploration was James Cameron or the recent Titan debacle, then this is the book for you as it explains in detail why the exploration is crucial and needed and what real efforts are being done towards mapping our oceans. Also, a fantastic book to follow on from The Frontier Below which ends where this book picks up.

jordyn_lightyear's review against another edition

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hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

sarkynir's review against another edition

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4.0

People who are trying to survive in their Arctic towns, people who are trying to make money fishing, people who want to reach the deepest points of the oceans, people who are trying to make money mining, and people who just want to know. This book follows the progress of the sea bed map and the people who want to know it and the many reasons why it is important.

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2.0

an otherwise good book dragged down by needless bashing of "white males," "white men," and "rich white men." the authors personal dislike of white men crept into most chapters in forced jabs that served no purpose other than to push anti-white and anti-male sentiment.

tell me, what place does mentioning the amount of tax Elon Musk's Tesla did or did not pay in a given year have to do with mapping the oceans? Tesla is not even in the ocean exploration space, nor any other Musk co.