{"product_id":"into-the-labyrinth-the-making-of-a-modern-day-theseus-9780994953834","title":"Into the Labyrinth: The Making of a Modern-Day Theseus","description":"\u003cp\u003eProject Spinnaker was a joint Canada-US defence project conceived in the waning days of the Cold War. Spinnaker's secret purpose was to reassert Canada's Arctic sovereignty by providing the capability to monitor submarine traffic in Canadian Arctic waters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe star of Project Spinnaker was \u003cem\u003eTheseus\u003c\/em\u003e, a massive Canadian-made autonomous underwater vehicle designed for a single purpose: laying fibre-optic cable in ice-covered waters.More than 2,500 years after the mythical Greek hero Theseus ventured into the labyrinth on the island of Crete to slay the Minotaur, the submarine \u003cem\u003eTheseus \u003c\/em\u003ewas launched into an undersea labyrinth with a strikingly similar goal: lay nearly 200 kilometres of fibre-optic cable on the seafloor of Canada's Arctic, then turn around and follow it back out.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith a foreword written by Dr. James R. McFarlane, OC, CD, P.Eng., FCAE (Founder and President of International Submarine Engineering Ltd.) and endorsements by several marine experts, \u003cem\u003eInto the Labyrinth\u003c\/em\u003e provides a fascinating glimpse into the subsea industry of the 1980s and '90s set against the backdrop of Canada's stunning yet hostile High Arctic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bigfoot Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780994953834\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 444\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.90d","brand":"Bruce Butler","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36646836437148,"sku":"9780994953834","price":21.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_b1c6a959-25cd-4569-b96e-48597a868ba1.jpg?v=1603865335","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/into-the-labyrinth-the-making-of-a-modern-day-theseus-9780994953834","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}