Wild Sea: A History of the Southern Ocean by Joy McCann

Book Description

Secondhand. Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges, with the back cover left tail corner now protected with book tape. Curl to front cover. Minor mark on page 3. Sunning to top and right foredges.

Unimpeded by any landmass, the mysterious Southern Ocean flows completely around Earth from west to east between the seasonally shifting icy continent of Antarctica and the coastlines and islands of Australia, New Zealand, South America, and South Africa.

Weaving together sea captains’ journals, whalers’ log books, explorers’ letters, scientific research, and ancient beliefs with her own voyage of discovery, Joy McCann reveals the secrets of a little-known ocean and its importance as a barometer of climate change. (back cover)