Wild Ocean

by Wolcott Henry, Sylvia A. Earle, Henry Wolcott

Book Overview

This title explores America's 12 marine sanctuaries, from the relics of lost ships at Monitor Marine Sanctuary in North Carolina to the huge underwater cliffs in Monterey Bay, California. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0792274717
• ISBN13: 9780792274711
• Release Date: August 1999
• Publisher: National Geographic Society
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 2.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 9.0" x 11.0"

Customer Reviews

Beautifully illustrated - superb into to marine parks

THE definitive introduction to America's 'Parks Under the Sea'.Beautifully illustrated with photographs from a virtual who's who of underwater/nature photography -- Wolcott Henry, David Doubilet, Frans Lanting, Gary Ellis, Stephen Frink, Norbert Wu ...From the slow-moving Manatee in the caribbean waters off Florida to playful sea lions in the Channel Islands off the California coast, this book takes you on a whirlwind journey through what may be America's last and greatest wild places. Sylvia Earle's unique perspective as America's foremost underwater explorer makes her the ideal tour guide for this sweeping journey.There's something here for everyone -- armchair travelers, experienced divers, nature lovers, adventurous spirits. The one book you really ought to own if you have an interest in exploring the vast wealth and staggering diversity of our national underwater heritage. More mysterious, more alluring, even more diverse than our National Park System, the National Marine Sanctuary System is the adventureland of tomorrow.I thoroughly enjoyed every page and often find myself reaching to the bookshelf to "go back" to places that one day I hope I'll have a chance to visit. This book gets my highest recommendation.