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In 1969 Peter Matthiessen set out with the expedition led by Peter Gimbel, whose aim was to find and film underwater for the first time the most dangerous of all sea creatures - the great white shark. Acting as the expedition's chronicler and spare hand (both on the surface and below), Matthiessen accompanied the crew from the Carribean to the whaling grounds off the Durban coast, to various islands in the Indian Ocean, to Ceylon, and finally to success off the bleak south coast of Australia.
Blue Meridian records the awesome experience of swimming in open water among hundreds of sharks, the beauties of strange seas and landscapes and the camaraderie, humour and tension of people who live in close proximity and risk their lives day by day.
Blue Meridian records the awesome experience of swimming in open water among hundreds of sharks, the beauties of strange seas and landscapes and the camaraderie, humour and tension of people who live in close proximity and risk their lives day by day.
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"A trove of shark lore, a suspenseful adventure yarn, and a decent man's account of the way other decent men behave toward one another when they are under great pressure" (Geoffrey Wolff Newsweek)
"Analytical, truthful and intimately personal... Throughout one learns considerably about the history of sharks, whales, professional divers, and other such creatures of the sea... Matthiessen is a most qualified observer of men and nature" (Natural History)
"For its natural history, for its persistent courage and for its terrifying portrait of White Death, this book... will live in the memory of all who read it" (Atlantic)
"Peter Matthiessen is beyond dispute the best nature writer working today" (Peter Farb)
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"Analytical, truthful and intimately personal... Throughout one learns considerably about the history of sharks, whales, professional divers, and other such creatures of the sea... Matthiessen is a most qualified observer of men and nature" (Natural History)
"For its natural history, for its persistent courage and for its terrifying portrait of White Death, this book... will live in the memory of all who read it" (Atlantic)
"Peter Matthiessen is beyond dispute the best nature writer working today" (Peter Farb)
The chronicle of an extraordinary expedition in pursuit of the great white shark, which brings to life other creatures of the deep and maritime characters and leaves in its wake a fear of and fascination with the dread fish.
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- PublisherHarvill Press
- Publication date1995
- ISBN 10 1860460151
- ISBN 13 9781860460159
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages176
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