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Some people are drawn towards nature at its most extreme - and it doesn't get more extreme than giant waves.

These deadly waves have a strangely hypnotic pull on two types of person: for scientists and super-surfers, rogue waves are a grail, and they will go to dangerous lengths to hunt them down.

This is a white-knuckle ride with the men who live to catch rogue waves. It zips from Lloyds of London to rusty oil rigs, tropical Tahitian surf shacks to super-computer data labs. Find out what happens when nature confronts nature at her most ferocious.

The Wave: In Pursuit of the Oceans' Greatest Furies

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    Publisher: Vintage Publishing
    Publication Date: 07/07/2011
    ISBN13: 9780099531760, 978-0099531760
    ISBN10: 0099531763

    Number of Pages: 368

    Non Fiction , Sport

    Description

    Some people are drawn towards nature at its most extreme - and it doesn't get more extreme than giant waves.

    These deadly waves have a strangely hypnotic pull on two types of person: for scientists and super-surfers, rogue waves are a grail, and they will go to dangerous lengths to hunt them down.

    This is a white-knuckle ride with the men who live to catch rogue waves. It zips from Lloyds of London to rusty oil rigs, tropical Tahitian surf shacks to super-computer data labs. Find out what happens when nature confronts nature at her most ferocious.

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