Into Great Silence: A Memoir of Discovery and Loss among

Into Great Silence: A Memoir of Discovery and Loss among Vanishing Orcas

Science entwines with matters of the human heart as a whale researcher chronicles the lives of an endangered family of orcas
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Ever since Eva Saulitis began her whale research in Alaska in the 1980s, she has been drawn deeply into the lives of a single extended family of endangered orcas struggling to survive in Prince William Sound.Â Over the course ofÂ a decades-long career spent observing and studying these whales, and eventually coming to know them as individuals, she has, sadly, witnessed the devastation wrought by the Exxon Valdez oil spill of 1989â€”after which not a single calf has been born to the group. With the intellectual rigor of a scientist and the heart of a poet, Saulitis gives voice to these vital yet vanishing survivors and the place they are so loyal to. Both an elegy for one orca family and a celebration of the entire species, Into Great Silence is a moving portrait of the interconnectedness of humans with animals and placeâ€”and of the responsibility we have to protect them.
Country USA
Brand Beacon Press
Manufacturer Beacon Press
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780807014462
Color Black
ReleaseDate 2014-02-25
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
EANs 9780807014462

Into Great Silence: A Memoir of Discovery and Loss among Vanishing Orcas