This book is part of a book series called Mysteries Of .

There are 40 pages in this book. This book was published 1997 by Penguin Books Ltd .

DR FRANCES DIPPER is an author, lecturer and independent marine consultant who has spent a lifetime happily studying marine organisms the world over. A naturalist at heart, she has always loved the sea and has a passion for writing books about the ocean both for adults and for children. She has written and contributed to many books, but her Guide to the Oceans won the Royal Society Aventis Prize for junior Science Books.

This book has the following chapters: The mysterious wwaters: the first mysteries; changing views. The lure of the deep oceans: the first divers; mysterious creatures. The deepest depths: ocean trenches and vents; the living depths. Treasures of the deep: underwater hunts; exploring the deep. The future of the oceans: inhabiting the oceans; the unsolved mysteries. Time line.