The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks and Giants of the Ocean
by Susan Casey
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- Hardcover
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- ISBN 10
- 0767928849
- ISBN 13
- 9780767928847
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For centuries, mariners have spun tales of gargantuan waves, 100-feet high or taller. Until recently scientists dismissed these stories — waves that high would seem to violate the laws of physics. But in the past few decades, as a startling number of ships vanished and new evidence has emerged, oceanographers realized something scary was brewing in the planet's waters. They found their proof in February 2000, when a British research vessel was trapped in a vortex of impossibly mammoth waves in the North Sea — including several that approached 100 feet.
As scientists scramble to understand this phenomenon, others view the giant waves as the ultimate challenge. These are extreme surfers who fly around the world trying to ride the ocean's most destructive monsters. The pioneer of extreme surfing is the legendary Laird Hamilton, who, with a group of friends in Hawaii, figured out how to board suicidally large waves of 70 and 80 feet. Casey follows this unique tribe of people as they seek to conquer the holy grail of their sport, a 100foot wave.
In this mesmerizing account, the exploits of Hamilton and his fellow surfers are juxtaposed against scientists' urgent efforts to understand the destructive powers of waves — from the tsunami that wiped out 250,000 people in the Pacific in 2004 to the 1,740-foot-wave that recently leveled part of the Alaskan coast.
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SUSAN CASEY, the author of the New York Times bestseller The Devil’s Teeth , is the Editor-in-Chief of O, the Oprah Magazine , and has also served as creative director of Outside magazine.
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- SQ2576487
- Title
- The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks and Giants of the Ocean
- Author
- Susan Casey
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 2
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0767928849
- ISBN 13
- 9780767928847
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2010-09-14
- Keywords
- oceans, waves, surfing, climate change, oceanography
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- Science/Nature Writing;
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