The Whaling Season
Subtitle: An Inside Account Of The Struggle To Stop Commercial Whaling
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Island Press
Published: July 17, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9781559639781
Subjects: Conservation of wildlife & habitats; Environmentalist, conservationist & Green organizations; Whaling; Nature; Marine Mammals; Environmental Studies; Whales; Nature/Ecology; Antarctica; Environmental Conservation & Protection - General; Mammals; Marine Life; Nature / Marine Life; Travel / Essays & Travelogues; Wildlife Conservation; Mulvaney, Kieran; Polar regions; Travel
First sentence: WALT SIMPSON TOOK A BITE OF HIS SANDWICH, LEANED BACK IN his chair, and looked at me, the faint hints of an incredulous smile gracing his lips as he contemplated the notion that the naive kid in front of him had actually been tapped to help lead an expedition into the coldest, stormiest, most remote waters on Earth.