Fathoms The World in the Whale

Winner of the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction, Finalist for the Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction, and the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award, Shortlisted for the Stella Prize, Highly Commended in the Wainwright Prize for writing on global conservation, and a Sunday Independent Book of the Year. How do whales experience environmental change? Has our connection to these animals been transformed by technology? What future awaits us, and them? Fathoms blends natural history, philosophy, and science to explore these questions. Giggs introduces us to whales so rare they have never been named and tells us of whale 'pop' songs that sweep across hemispheres. She takes us into the deeps to discover that one whale's death can spark a great flourishing of creatures. We travel to Japan to board whaling ships, examine the uncanny charisma of these magnificent mammals, and confront the plastic pollution now pervading their underwater environment.

ISBN:	9781913348809
Publisher:	Scribe Publications Pty Ltd
Imprint:	Scribe UK
Published date:	08 Jul 2021
DEWEY:	599.5
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Sales rank:	9903
Number of pages:	368
Weight:	360g
Height:	129mm
Width:	198mm
Spine width:	26mm

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