XVlll ILLUSTRATIONS 



87. The sphere becomes a dangerous pendulum in mid-air 161 



88. Beebe inside after the dive has begun 161 



89. On deck the telephone is in constant use 162 



90. These are real stars in the heavens 1^3 



91. These are the animal stars of the depths 1^3 



92. A viperfish of the deep sea 1^8 



93. Paying out the communication hose 16S 



94. The bathysphere is at 2200 feet 1^9 



95. The bathysphere crashes up through the surface 1^9 



96. Delicate instruments are handed out 170 



97. We emerge with the grace of worms 170 



98. We stand again, cramped, and blinded by the sun 171 



99. The maw of the sabre-toothed viperfish 172 



100. A flock of shield-shaped flying snails 172 

 loi. The untouchable bathysphere-fish 172 



102. A deep-sea squid with many-colored lights 173 



103. Siphonophore colonies pass close to the window 173 



104. Freedom's radio station ZFB-i 178 



105. Waiting for the broadcast zero hour 178 



106. The microphone records our conversation 179 



107. The world-wide broadcast in full swing 179 



108. A sea change 188 



109. Our laboratory at New Nonsuch 189 

 no. Triumphal return of the Ready 192 



111. All these instruments plus two men go into the sphere 193 



112. The last turns of cable on the drum 200 



113. Temperature and humidity record 200 



114. Icy cold from a 3028 foot dive 201 



115. Rainbow Gars 208 



116. The Pallid Sailfin 209 



