Among them is an American submarine captain struggling to resist the knowledge that his wife and children in the United States must be dead. Then a faint Morse code signal is picked up, transmitting from somewhere near Seattle, and Captain Towers must lead his submarine crew on a bleak tour of the ruined world in a desperate search for signs of life. On the Beach is a remarkably convincing portrait of how ordinary people might face the most unimaginable nightmare.

    Memoir by a Patrol Officer who lived and worked in the Northern Territory of Australia, and who made several remarkable expeditions on foot into Arnhem Land, a territory very difficult of access due to the escarpment country which characterizes much of it.