This incredible book contains the most comprehensive reference of Papua New Guinea shipwrecks ever compiled. A remarkable true story of the legal and illegal post-war salvage of shipwrecks in New Guinea and the Philippines during the late 1960's and 1970's.The rush to salvage the deeper wartime shipwrecks began in earnest with the event of "modern" scuba diving equipment which gave the divers a degree of mobility that old hard hat surface supplied divers could only dream of.
	Using only compressed air, these salvage divers regularly worked to depths exceeding 300ft and using volatile and dangerous Nitroglycerine-based type explosives (which have not been readily available in Australia for over 20 years); ripped the heart and soul out of the wrecks.
	This book gives a personal account of the equipment, the problems and dangers. it chronicles the determination and fierce rivalry between salvagers, the risks and gains, the close calls with death in precarious situations and in very remote locations. This is also an accurate record of the ships and treasure. .
	This beautifully presented 500 page hardcover book has over 380 rare and unique photos plus maps and drawings. "For all that the lure of the unknown has become a cliche, the world's great exportations still hold a fascination for us. This books offers some grand overviews of the unbelievable choice of explorations available and attests to our abiding attraction to the feats of those who went where no one had gone before". Peter Stone
	"l read this book in disbelief. The author has written with remarkable courage and candor about a particular area in the Pacific Islands and the events and people it produced. In telling his story, he has put me squarely back in the wagon ruts of my own early life. I find myself sitting at a familiar table listening to voices I have heard all my life, understanding every word." Ray Walters.