The Kraken Wakes
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The Kraken Wakes is an apocalyptic science fiction novel by British writer John Wyndham, originally published by Michael Joseph in the United Kingdom in 1953, and first published in the United States
Cover of first edition (hardcover)
Bathysphere
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The Bathysphere was a unique spherical deep-sea submersible which was unpowered and lowered into the ocean on a cable, and was used to conduct a series of dives off the coast of Bermuda from 1930 to 1
The Kraken Wakes
…feels threatened by this new phenomenon, particularly since the aliens show signs of intensive work to adapt the ocean deeps to their needs. A British bathysphere is sent down to investigate and is destroyed by the aliens with the loss of two lives. The British government responds by exploding a nuclear device…
The Bathysphere on display at the National Geographic museum in 2009
The instruments aboard the Bathysphere
Bathysphere rigged for diving
Else Bostelmann's illustration of the Bathysphere's descent, painted for the National Geographic article which Beebe wrote in return for the National Geographic Society sponsoring his dives