On May 29, 1914, the passenger liner Empress of Ireland was struck from the freighter Storstad and sank in a quarter-hour, taking a lot more than 1,000 victims with her. It continues to be among the largest loss of lifestyle ever within a maritime accident.

At more than a 100 foot deep in the frigid Gulf of St. Lawrence, diving the Empress is similar to wanting to navigate an unfamiliar 60-tale building laying on its part at a 45-level angle, in pitch blackness with only a flashlight. In Dark Descent, Kevin McMurray requires us deep in to the bowels from the lost ship, 1st to relive her tragic death and then to become listed on the divers who’ve probed the wreck’s secrets. It’s an adventure from which some divers don’t come back.