Fathoms : the world in the whale / Rebecca Giggs.

By:

Giggs, Rebecca

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.

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Title notes ( 5 )

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Book	NMC Library	Stacks	QL737 .C4 G39 2020 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		33039001499929

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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