A conversation with Susan Casey and Steve Curwood on her new book “The Underworld: Journeys to the Depths of the Ocean”

WHAT: The New England Aquarium’s Lowell Lecture Series presents a conversation with award-winning writer Susan Casey and acclaimed journalist and Living on Earth Host Steve Curwood about Casey’s latest bestseller, “The Underworld: Journeys to the Depths of the Ocean.”

Casey and Curwood will illuminate the hidden depths of our blue planet—home to an array of marine life, soaring mountains, smoldering volcanoes, and valleys 7,000 feet deeper than Everest is high—and discuss the vital role the deep sea plays in our world. Casey will share her experiences traversing the globe and diving with the scientists and explorers who are searching for knowledge in this vast unseen realm, and the new technologies that are opening up the ocean’s deepest and most mysterious regions.

This New England Aquarium Lowell Lecture Series event is free to the public through the generosity of the Lowell Institute and presented in partnership with Living on Earth. Copies of “The Underworld” will be available for purchase during this event and a book signing will follow the lecture.

WHEN: Thursday, December 5 at 6:30 p.m.

WHERE: In person at the New England Aquarium’s Simons Theatre, 1 Central Wharf, Boston or virtual via live stream.

WHO: Susan Casey is the author of the New York Times bestsellers “The Underworld: Journeys to the Depths of the Ocean,” “Voices in the Ocean: A Journey Into the Wild and Haunting World of Dolphins,” “The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks, and Giants of the Ocean,” and “The Devil’s Teeth: A True Story of Obsession and Survival Among America’s Great White Sharks.” She is a National Magazine Award–winning journalist whose work has been featured in Vanity Fair, Esquire, Fortune, National Geographic, and more. Previously, Casey served as editor in chief of O, The Oprah Magazine, development editor of Time Inc., editor in chief of Sports Illustrated Women, and creative director of Outside.

HOW: Registration required; please register in advance.

MEDIA CONTACT: Jennifer Seabolt, 808-372-9065; jenn@teakmedia.com