THE LAST UNEXPLORED PLACE ON EARTH recently received a starred Kirkus review! Here’s the full review: A tribute to the submersible Alvin, which has played an important role in undersea research for over a half century. In its thousands of dives, the durable vessel, launched in 1964, has been attacked by swordfish, flooded and recovered, and used to search for a lost hydrogen bomb. Alvin has also carried scientists to uniquely remote edges of continental plates for first encounters with hydrothermal vents, explored the ruins of the Titanic and the devastation of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and made possible the discovery of uncounted new species of deep-sea life. After setting the stage with properly…