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Deep Vorticity
While vacationing on a small Bahamian island, a teen boy from Annapolis discovers hundreds of small buoyant labels hand-printed with Asian characters. Via an exhaustive on-line investigation, young CJ determines the message is a Mayday plea from a Korean submariner trapped in the deep with no means of escape. Further investigation reveals an ingenious plan for the undersea missile station to hide within an ocean eddy and remain undetected by U.S. sonar technologies.
Kyle Bendroth, a retired Ocean Physicist who lives on Ballyhoo Cay enjoys tutoring a group of inquisitive boys about oceanography and deep swirling eddies like the 60-mile wide “Meddy” he discovered years earlier. He also befriends attractive Amy, mother of CJ, who openly discusses her plans to divorce her arrogant husband Charles, the stereotypical U.S. Navy Submarine Captain. When Amy and the boys return home to resume life with their father, conflict arises when the boys convey their knowledge about Meddies but their excitement is instantly squashed by their disinterested, condescending father.
Based upon assembled fragments of information that Charles has obtained from his sons, the U.S. Navy initiates Operation Deep Vorticity to search and destroy the North Korean subsea threat. Kyle scoffs at Charles, leader of the Operation, who attempts to locate the Super Meddy despite his lack of oceanographic knowledge. Rather than share details of the Korean mission with his father, CJ and Kyle devise a plan to foil the Navy via dissemination of key information via social media. Charles discovers his most formidable opponents are close to home.
Kyle Bendroth, a retired Ocean Physicist who lives on Ballyhoo Cay enjoys tutoring a group of inquisitive boys about oceanography and deep swirling eddies like the 60-mile wide “Meddy” he discovered years earlier. He also befriends attractive Amy, mother of CJ, who openly discusses her plans to divorce her arrogant husband Charles, the stereotypical U.S. Navy Submarine Captain. When Amy and the boys return home to resume life with their father, conflict arises when the boys convey their knowledge about Meddies but their excitement is instantly squashed by their disinterested, condescending father.
Based upon assembled fragments of information that Charles has obtained from his sons, the U.S. Navy initiates Operation Deep Vorticity to search and destroy the North Korean subsea threat. Kyle scoffs at Charles, leader of the Operation, who attempts to locate the Super Meddy despite his lack of oceanographic knowledge. Rather than share details of the Korean mission with his father, CJ and Kyle devise a plan to foil the Navy via dissemination of key information via social media. Charles discovers his most formidable opponents are close to home.
315 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 1, 2015
About the author
Scott E. McDowell
5 books2 followersDr. McDowell grew up by the sea on Cape Cod in Massachusetts. From an early age he fished for enjoyment then employment through his college years, winning Tuna Tournaments with fish weighing over 600 pounds. After obtaining his Ph.D. in Ocean Physics, he conducted research in the deep North Atlantic Ocean and made the first-ever discovery of 60-mile-wide ocean eddies (thereafter named ‘Meddies’) swirling a mile below the surface as they moved westward from the Straits of Gibraltar. His discovery spawned international research on mid-ocean eddies for the next two decades.
During his oceanographic career, he led research programs for analysis of currents, tides, waves and water quality characteristics in coastal and deep-ocean environments. Projects ranged from an investigation of seafloor volcanoes at 63 South latitude in the Antarctic Ocean (in 30-ft seas) to studies at the remote Yukon River Delta in the Alaskan Bering Sea and measurements of deep currents affecting submerged gas production platforms in the Gulf of Thailand. He also conducted oceanographic programs for State and U.S. federal agencies, as well as commercial clients worldwide.
Employed by private industry for 27 years, Dr. McDowell’s management responsibilities progressed continually and during his final years of employment he managed a Marine Sciences and Environmental Planning Division with 120 staff located in seven offices nationwide. Forty staff had M.S. and Ph.D. degrees, exemplifying the high caliber of the organization he led.
Today he enjoys living aboard his 60-ft motor yacht, Someday Is Now, in the Florida Keys as a Coast Guard licensed Captain. He’s active with a new career of writing non-fiction from his diverse marine experiences, as well as fiction thrillers about nautical espionage and oceanography.
During his oceanographic career, he led research programs for analysis of currents, tides, waves and water quality characteristics in coastal and deep-ocean environments. Projects ranged from an investigation of seafloor volcanoes at 63 South latitude in the Antarctic Ocean (in 30-ft seas) to studies at the remote Yukon River Delta in the Alaskan Bering Sea and measurements of deep currents affecting submerged gas production platforms in the Gulf of Thailand. He also conducted oceanographic programs for State and U.S. federal agencies, as well as commercial clients worldwide.
Employed by private industry for 27 years, Dr. McDowell’s management responsibilities progressed continually and during his final years of employment he managed a Marine Sciences and Environmental Planning Division with 120 staff located in seven offices nationwide. Forty staff had M.S. and Ph.D. degrees, exemplifying the high caliber of the organization he led.
Today he enjoys living aboard his 60-ft motor yacht, Someday Is Now, in the Florida Keys as a Coast Guard licensed Captain. He’s active with a new career of writing non-fiction from his diverse marine experiences, as well as fiction thrillers about nautical espionage and oceanography.
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