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Fathoms : the world in the whale / Rebecca Giggs.

By: Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2020Copyright date: ©2020Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover editionDescription: 340 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 198212069X
  • 9781982120696
  • 9781982120702
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 599.5 23
LOC classification:
  • QL737 .C4 G39 2020
Contents:
Prologue. Whalefall -- Petroglyph -- The oooo-ers -- Blue museum -- Charisma -- Sounding -- Sea pie -- Kitsch interior -- Scantling -- Epilogue. Deep end.
Awards:
  • Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction winner, 2021
Summary: When Giggs encountered a humpback whale stranded on her local beachfront in Australia, she began to wonder how the lives of whales reflect the condition of our oceans. Here she blends natural history, philosophy, and science to learn about whales so rare they have never been named; whale songs that sweep across hemispheres in annual waves of popularity, and whales that have modified the chemical composition of our planet's atmosphere. She takes readers to Japan to board the ships that hunt whales, and delves into the deepest seas to discover how plastic pollution pervades our earth's undersea environment. Griggs outlines the challenges we face as we attempt to understand the perspectives of other living beings and our own place on an evolving planet. -- Adapted from jacket.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks QL737 .C4 G39 2020 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001499929

First published: Brunswick, Victoria : Scribe Publications, 2020.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-324) and index.

Prologue. Whalefall -- Petroglyph -- The oooo-ers -- Blue museum -- Charisma -- Sounding -- Sea pie -- Kitsch interior -- Scantling -- Epilogue. Deep end.

When Giggs encountered a humpback whale stranded on her local beachfront in Australia, she began to wonder how the lives of whales reflect the condition of our oceans. Here she blends natural history, philosophy, and science to learn about whales so rare they have never been named; whale songs that sweep across hemispheres in annual waves of popularity, and whales that have modified the chemical composition of our planet's atmosphere. She takes readers to Japan to board the ships that hunt whales, and delves into the deepest seas to discover how plastic pollution pervades our earth's undersea environment. Griggs outlines the challenges we face as we attempt to understand the perspectives of other living beings and our own place on an evolving planet. -- Adapted from jacket.

Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction winner, 2021

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