![]() ![]() He finds whales that communicate with other whales hundreds of miles away, sharks that swim in unerringly straight lines through pitch-black waters, and seals who dive to depths below 2,400 feet for up to eighty minutes-deeper and longer than scientists ever thought possible. Along the way, he takes us from the surface to the Atlantic's greatest depths, some 28,000 feet below sea level. ![]() In Deep, Nestor embeds with a gang of extreme athletes and renegade researchers who are transforming not only our knowledge of the planet and its creatures, but also our understanding of the human body and mind. ![]() This man was a freediver, and his amphibious abilities inspired Nestor to seek out the secrets of this little-known discipline. Summary "While on assignment in Greece, journalist James Nestor witnessed something that confounded him: a man diving 300 feet below the ocean's surface on a single breath of air and returning four minutes later, unharmed and smiling. ![]()
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