Horror Stories From 'History Of The Sea'

In 2005, scientists aboard a research vessel in the northwest Atlantic -- about as far from land as possible -- waited anxiously during the two hours it took their small, remotely operated submersible to make its descent to the summit of a mid-ocean peak more than half a mile below. What would they see? They pondered the possibilities, but still were unprepared for what eventually came into view. They stared with horror at a "battered landscape," a mountaintop "torn up, crushed and crumbled." One of the last bastions of the sea had not been remote enough. Russian fishing trawlers had dragged their gear repeatedly atop the mountain...