"Hell on Ice" by Edward Ellsberg is a gripping firsthand account of one of the greatest survival stories in maritime history. Set against the backdrop of the treacherous Arctic seas, the book chronicles the harrowing journey of the USS Jeannette and its crew as they embark on a perilous expedition to explore the uncharted waters of the North Pole.Led by the ambitious Captain George W. De Long, the crew faces numerous challenges and setbacks as they brave the unforgiving Arctic envi...

The little-known WWII story of the salvage engineers whose daring and heroism helped the Allies win back North Africa, by the author of The Far Shore.By the time America joined World War II, Edward Ellsberg had already earned his place as one of the world's great marine salvage engineers, and his bestselling accounts of raising doomed submarines and histories of classic diving operations had made him a literary star. With America's entry into the war, Ellsb...

A navy admiral's firsthand accounts of three triumphant operations in Europe and North Africa during World War II.After the attack on Pearl Harbor, naval engineering genius Edward Ellsberg came out of retirement to serve his country once again. In these three riveting histories, he recounts the incredible salvage missions and audacious battle plans he took part in during the Second World War.Under the Red Sea Sun: In 1942, Mussolini's forces were on...

'It's a type of reorganization or infection of humanity's thought system, the way humanity talks to itself, the way a society thinks. It's like everyone simultaneously is taking LSD.' Julian Assange 'No one is more hopelessly enslaved than those who think they're free.' Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Ever since Edward Snowden's NSA disclosures, the might of the secret services and the helplessness of everyday citizens are there all around us for everyone to see. But who is taking up the fight ...

June 6, 1944, D-Day: Allied forces took the beaches at Normandy—and the naval engineering genius of Edward Ellsberg would play a crucial part.Before World War II, Edward Ellsberg had already established himself as a true innovator and master naval engineer, revolutionizing the salvage and rescue of sunken vessels like no one before. Then, having served his country for over a decade, he retired to private life.But his work was not finished. Within hours of th...

A Navy admiral's firsthand account of the Allied salvage operation that played a key role in recovering North Africa from the Nazis during World War II.By 1942, Mussolini's forces were on the run in East Africa. In order to slow the Allied advance, the Italians used audacious tactics—including making ports inoperable, leaving the Allies without the infrastructure necessary to continue the war effort.At Massawa, Eritrea, the fleeing Italians left the largest...

'Whistleblower, Internetaktivisten, Coder, Cyberpunks, Geeks. Es sind die Nerds, die derzeit die Kultur der Welt bewegen. Sie haben uns die Augen geöffnet, uns aufgeklärt im besten und wörtlichsten Sinne eines westlichen Wertesystems.' Angela Richter Für ihr neues Projekt "Die Avantgarde der Supernerds" hat die Theaterregisseurin Angela Richter ausführliche Interviews mit den Whistleblowern und Netzaktivisten Julian Assange, Edward Snowden, Daniel Ellsberg (Pentagon Papers), Jesselyn Radac...

The Far Shore, first published in 1960, is a classic account of the Allied D-Day landings in France in June 1944 by U.S. Navy Admiral and popular author Edward Ellsberg (1891-1983). Described in detail are the massive preparations for the invasion, the Nazi defenses along the Normandy beaches, and the ingenious creation of the Mulberry artificial floating harbor which would prove vital in securing the Allied beachhead in France. Illustrated throughout with clear drawings of the types of la...

The man who led the salvage efforts to raise a sunken US Navy submarine recounts the mission in a tale "that will surely rank among the epics of the sea" ( The Philadelphia Inquirer).The sinking of the submarine S-51 was one of the greatest tragedies in American naval history. Due to a miscommunication and subsequent collision between the sub and a passing steamship on a September night, the S-51, including thirty-three of its crew of thir...

Based on a true story: the thrilling tale of a ship's 1879 journey to explore the North Pole—and the crew's desperate attempt to escape an Arctic ice pack.In the 1870s, newspaperman James Gordon Bennett of the New York Herald drummed up excitement and publicity for his paper through highly publicized missions of exploration. In 1879, Bennett's idea for a voyage was his most audacious to date: the North Pole. To do this, he hired a team of naval veterans in ...

Edward Ellsberg's The Far Shore is the riveting first-hand account of the Allied D-Day landings in France in June 1944. A principal actor in the invasion, Ellsberg describes in detail the massive preparations for the launch of the greatest armada in history. He devotes the second half of his book to an unforgettable real-time account of the bloody D-Day landings.

"Ellsberg's writings chronicled his experiences and attitudes on the topic of marine salvage in a manner which has no equal in naval literature." —War History OnlineCommander Edward Ellsberg rose to fame after leading the harrowing effort to raise the sunken submarine S-51 just off Long Island. That is where he begins Men Under the Sea, his tribute to and history of the men who risk everything to plunge into the blackness of the deep sea.E...