One island, one ocean
Subtitle: Ocean Watch and the epic journey around the Americas
By: written by Herb McCormick ; photograhy by David Thoreson ; foreword by David Rockefeller, Jr. ; introduction by Captain Mark Schrader ; preface by R. Bryce Seidl
Contributors: Thoreson, David
Publisher: Weldon Owen
Published: 2011
Place of publication: San Francisco, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
ISBN-13: 9781616281717
Subjects: Coastal ecology; Description and travel; Sailing; Marine ecosystem health
Description: On May 31, 2009, a committed team of sailors, scientists, teachers and conservationists joined forces on a voyage that was vast in scope and ambition but launched under the simplest of ideas: The continents of North and South America are a single island, surrounded by a shared ocean, and with a common set of challenges, communities, issues, and solutions. This book tells the story of that adventure, and sounds a call to action for everyone who loves this planet. In a journey that took 13 months, the Ocean Watch circumnavigated the Americas, documenting the beauty that exists, the peoples who rely on our oceans, and the changes that are happening all too fast. This book can be read any number of ways: as an exciting seafaring adventure, as a beautifully photographed appreciation of the beauty of the Americas, or as a global warning, documenting the ways our world is changing forever.--From publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 232-234) and index.
Table of contents: title: Pt. 1: North to the ice : Seattle to Newfoundland via the Arctic Circle and the Northwest Passage. From the Big House to the ghosts of war ; Ice capades ; The biologist, the hunter, and the birdman ; A northwest passage ; Into the fray ; Science aboard Ocean Watch ; A vanishing way of life; title: Pt. 2: The long slog south : across the equator from the Canadian Maritimes to the Falkland Islands. Down the Eastern Seaboard ; Crossing the Line ; Brazil's bitter bulge ; The Roaring Forties ; Falkland Islands interlude ; Lessons learned along the way ; Champagne sailing; title: Pt. 3: Cape Horn to starboard : the triumphant rounding of the Horn ; a sobering passage through Patagonia. Racing the williwaws ; Isla Hornos ; In Patagonia ; A prayer for fragile Chile ; Valpo ; Education on board ; Soaring with the albatross; title: Pt. 4 Closing the circle : a Pacific passage : El Niño, the Baja Bash, the Golden Gate, and home. Earthquake, El Niño, and the missing trade winds ; In Darwin's wake ; Costa Rica and the Baja Bash ; Old Glory ; Closing the circle ; Plastic pollution and the Pacific Garbage Patch ; Parting shots.