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UP FOR AIR: Diving for a Living by Frank Meler

UP FOR AIR: Diving for a Living

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Pub Date: June 17th, 1940
Publisher: Dutton

Personal experiences of a commercial diver, supplemented by anecdotal material from other divers' experiences. He tells of his early training and experiences, of equipment trouble, freezeups, air troubles, currents, traps, working with explosives, recovering bodies, adventures with fish, sponge and pearl diving, diving during the World War. It is a story of how to live dangerously and make a living at it. Shows the difference between commercial and government work. Readable -- though not in Ellsberg class.