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Fathoms : the world in the whale / Rebecca Giggs.
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. -- adapted from jacket.
Record details
- ISBN: 198212069X
- ISBN: 9781982120696
- Physical Description: 340 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2020.
- Copyright: ©2020
Content descriptions
| General Note: | First published: Brunswick, Victoria : Scribe Publications, 2020. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-324) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Petroglyph -- The oooo-ers -- Blue museum -- Charisma -- Sounding -- Sea pie -- Kitsch interior -- Scantling. |
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| Subject: | Whales > Behavior. Whales > Australia. Whales > Effect of global warming on. Whales > Effect of pollution on. Whales. Whales > Behavior. Australia. Whales. Marine ecology. |
| Genre: | Nonfiction. Nonfiction. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| La Conner Regional Library | 599.5 GIGGS | 112009 | NON FICTION | Available | - |