Blue Meridian

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  • In
  • 1969
  • Peter
  • Matthiessen
  • set
  • out
  • with
  • the
  • expedition
  • led
  • by
  • Peter
  • Gimbel,
  • whose
  • aim
  • was
  • to
  • find
  • and
  • film
  • underwater
  • for
  • the
  • first
  • time
  • the
  • most
  • dangerous
  • of
  • all
  • sea
  • creatures
  • -
  • the
  • great
  • white
  • shark.
  • Acting
  • as
  • the
  • expedition's
  • chronicler
  • and
  • spare
  • hand
  • (both
  • on
  • the
  • surface
  • and
  • below),
  • Matthiessen
  • accompanied
  • the
  • crew
  • from
  • the
  • Carribean
  • to
  • the
  • whaling
  • grounds
  • off
  • the
  • Durban
  • coast,
  • to
  • various
  • islands
  • in
  • the
  • Indian
  • Ocean,
  • to
  • Ceylon,
  • and
  • finally
  • to
  • success
  • off
  • the
  • bleak
  • south
  • coast
  • of
  • Australia.Blue
  • Meridian
  • records
  • the
  • awesome
  • experience
  • of
  • swimming
  • in
  • open
  • water
  • among
  • hundreds
  • of
  • sharks,
  • the
  • beauties
  • of
  • strange
  • seas
  • and
  • landscapes
  • and
  • the
  • camaraderie,
  • humour
  • and
  • tension
  • of
  • people
  • who
  • live
  • in
  • close
  • proximity
  • and
  • risk
  • their
  • lives
  • day
  • by day.
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