Whales of the West Coast

by David A.E. Spalding

Whales, although among our most important and interesting animals, have been little studied until recently. Almost a third of about seventy living cetacean species have been recorded in North American Pacific coast waters.

Our word whale describes glimpses of surfacing cetaceans; its Old English root hvael means a wheel. A large whale's rolling back often looks just like the rim of a wheel revolving below the surface. Humans have watched whales...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1550171992
• ISBN13: 9781550171990
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Harbour Publishing
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"