Eye of the Albatross: Visions of Hope and Survival

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Macmillan, 2003 - 377 pages

"One of the most delightful natural history studies in decades." —The Boston Globe

Eye of the Albatross takes us soaring to locales where whales, sea turtles, penguins, and shearwaters flourish in their own quotidian rhythms. Carl Safina's guide and inspiration is an albatross he calls Amelia, whose life and far-flung flights he describes in fascinating detail. Interwoven with recollections of whalers and famous explorers, Eye of the Albatross probes the unmistakable environmental impact of the encounters between man and marine life. Safina's perceptive and authoritative portrait results in a transforming ride to the ends of the Earth for the reader, as well as an eye-opening look at the health of our oceans.

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Contents

GREETINGS
10
BONDING
38
LETTING GO
56
IN A TURQUOISE MONASTERY
86
MOVING ON
108
A SMALL WORLD
125
WORKING IN OVERDRIVE
161
DREAMING AND DREADING ON ALBATROSS BANK
203
MIDWAY
242
GOING TO EXTREMES
280
TRACKS IN THE SEA
299
HOME AMONG NOMADS
324
LEARNING AND LUCK
340
SELECTED REFERENCES
351
INDEX
355
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Carl Safina 's work has been recognized with MacArthur, Pew, and Guggenheim Fellowships, and his writing has won Orion, Lannan, and National Academies literary awards and the John Burroughs, James Beard, and George Rabb medals. He has a PhD in ecology from Rutgers University. Safina is the inaugural holder of the endowed chair for nature and humanity at Stony Brook University, where he co-chairs the steering committee of the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science and is founding president of the not-for-profit Safina Center. He hosted the 10-part PBS series Saving the Ocean with Carl Safina. His writing appears in The New York Times, National Geographic, Audubon, Orion, and other periodicals and on the Web at National Geographic News and Views, Huffington Post, and CNN.com. Carl's books include Voyage of the Turtle, Becoming Wild, and The View from Lazy Point.

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