Peter Thomson

Sacred Sea

A Journey to Lake Baikal

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Produktbeschreibung

Siberia's Lake Baikal is one of nature's most magnificent creations, the largest and deepest body of fresh water in the world. And yet it is nearly unknown outside of Russia. In Sacred Sea--the first major journalistic examination of Baikal in English--veteran environmental writer Peter Thomson and his younger brother undertake a kind of pilgrimage, journeying 25,000 miles by land and sea to reach this extraordinary lake. At Baikal they find a place of sublime beauty, deep history, and immense natural power. But they also find ominous signs that this perfect eco-system--containing one-fifth of earth's fresh water and said to possess a mythical ability to cleanse itself--could yet succumb to the even more powerful forces of human hubris, carelessness, and ignorance. Ultimately, they help us see that despite its isolation, Baikal is connected to everything else on Earth, and that it will need the love and devotion of people around the world to protect it.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sydney University Press
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Juli 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 237mm x 156mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 483g
• ISBN-13: 9780195387339
• ISBN-10: 0195387333
• Artikelnr.: 26100561

Autorenporträt

Peter Thomson is Founding Producer and Senior Editor of NPR's "Living on Earth" and recipient of 19 awards for excellence in broadcast journalism. He is currently a freelance environmental journalist and member of Executive Committee of Society of Environmental Journalists.

Inhaltsangabe

Author's Note
Prologue: Blagopoluchnoe
Part One: The Sacred Sea
1.: A Flash of Blue Light
2.: Songs and Whispers
3.: The Earth Splits, Water Rushes In
4.: Into the Lake-Shallow
5.: Into the Lake-Deep
6.: Buryatia, in Black and White and Color
7.: On the Trail with Pod Boy and Monkey Mind
8.: Bad Roads are Good for Baikal
9.: Traveling and Staying Home
Part Two: 180null
10.: The Long Way Home
11.: The Great Circle
12.: Zigzag to Russia
13.: Power in the East
14.: Across the Sleeping Land
15.: Angels and Ghosts in Irkutsk
Part Three: Baikal, Too, Must Work
16.: One of the Best Enterprises in Russia
17.: Righteousness, Uncertainty and the Point of No Return
18.: Connecting the Dots
19.: Dr. Hope and Dr. Despair
20.: Blind Love is a Dangerous Thing
21.: 360°
Epilogue: The Great Baikal Chain
Acknowledgments
Illustration Credits