National Geographic Kids Chapters: Diving With Sharks!: And More True Stories of Extreme Adventures!. Margaret Gurevich

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       Cover

       Title Page

       Copyright

       DAVID DOUBILET AND JENNIFER HAYES: Diving With Sharks!

       Chapter 1: Face-to-Face

       Chapter 2: Swimming With Seals

       Chapter 3: Great White Bite

       RHIAN WALLER: Keeping Your Cool!

       Chapter 1: Cold Conditions

       Chapter 2: Danger in the Dark

       Chapter 3: Running Out of Air

       KENNY BROAD: Into the Dark!

       Chapter 1: Diving Deep

       Chapter 2: Deadly Depths

       Chapter 3: A Surprising Find

       DON’T MISS!

       More Information

       Credits

       Dedication

       Acknowledgments

      Photographer David Doubilet comes face-to-face with some Caribbean reef sharks. (Photo Credit p1.1)

      A tiger shark feeds on a dead sperm whale. (Photo Credit p1.1.1)

      The radio on the boat crackled to life. David Doubilet and his wife and diving partner, Jennifer Hayes, listened closely. A dead sperm whale had been sighted off the reef of Cairns in Australia. This was rare. There had not been a sperm whale carcass sighting in 30 years. Ten large tiger sharks were feeding on the whale. David knew they had to photograph it.

      It’s unusual to see sharks feeding in the wild. Sometimes sharks are hand-fed during tours so tourists can dive and see them. David and Jennifer knew that this natural feeding would be a special opportunity.

      They set the boat’s coordinates (sounds like co-ORE-din-its) to where the whale had been spotted, and sped along the water as fast as they could. Yet when they arrived at their destination, there was no whale to be seen. The wind and tide СКАЧАТЬ