Ben Hellwarth

The author of the new book SEALAB: America’s Forgotten Quest to Live and Work on the Ocean Floor writes that the world’s only undersea base may be wrapping up its last-ever mission as U.S. funding favors unmanned undersea exploration.

A team that includes Japanese scientists, the Discovery Channel, and a 185-foot private yacht is lurking 550 miles south of Tokyo in search of Architeuthis dux, the giant squid.