Coves of departure : field notes from the Sea of Cortez

Summary: "The author documents ten years of explorations of the Baja peninsula and the Sea of Cortez as a professor taking undergraduates on sea kayak expeditions to the Isla Espiritu Santo archipelago. He also tells of his experiences with a condor restoration project in the Sierra San Pedro Martir based in a field station on Bahia de los Angeles"--

Record details

ISBN: 1501730185
ISBN: 9781501730184
Physical Description: xii, 193 pages ; 23 cm
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Publisher: Ithaca : Comstock Publishing Associates, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2018.
Copyright: ©2018

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:	Headwinds -- Vernal equinox -- Night life -- Transect in the Sierra de la Laguna -- To the island -- First interlude : August in Bahia de los Angeles -- Same beach, different expedition -- Sea sparkle -- Red sky at morning -- Second interlude : June in the Sierra San Pedro Mártir -- Essay : the cove of departure -- Death & poetry in the sand dunes -- Tailwind.