National Geographic Atlas of the Ocean: The Deep Frontier Hardcover – October 1, 2001

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This book will be a useful reference for anyone seeking technical reference material about our oceans. Dr. Earle is a well known explorer of the ocean realm, and she has done a fantastic job of assembling much useful material for this volume. The scope of this book ranges from the equatoruial regions to the polar zones.The maps and accompanying explanations are quite thorough, and will provide a ready reference for all things related to the exploration of our seas.

The word Atlas is misleading as there is alot of text accompanying the various maps. Some pages are nothing but text. I expect an Atlas to use maps to explain more rather than words. The maps that are in the book are good, but numerous sections do not have one.The book is split into sections/topics written by individual persons. However, in many sections the text ends in mid-sentence, as if several pages were forgotten about in each section or as if there was some arbitrary cutoff on the # of words per section.of this approx 200 page book, sentence cutoffs appear on these pages. Each page also represents the end of a section.p.37,55,63,82,89,96,115,141,149,163, and 175clearly, not just a simple oversight.Also, the table of contents is inadequate, as it primarily denotes the major sections - which is by ocean, but not the individual topics.I give this 2 stars (Rather than 1) as the idea is good, and the content that is in the book - looks good. Execution is another story. Frankly, I would be a embarassed by the editing and quality control oversights.

Utterly gobsmaking and such detail. I love it!