Tides: The Science and Spirit of the Ocean

by Jonathan White

Book Overview

In Tides: The Science and Spirit of the Ocean, writer, sailor, and surfer Jonathan White takes readers across the globe to discover the science and spirit of ocean tides. In the Arctic, White shimmies under the ice with an Inuit elder to hunt for mussels in the dark cavities left behind at low tide; in China, he races the Silver Dragon, a twenty-five-foot tidal bore that crashes eighty miles up the Qiantang River; in France, he interviews...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1595348514
• ISBN13: 9781595348517
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: Trinity University Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"