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The story of an ancient sea turtle and what its survival says about our future, from the award-winning writer and naturalist

Though nature is indifferent to the struggles of her creatures, the human effect on them is often premeditated. The distressing decline of sea turtles in Pacific waters and their surprising recovery in the Atlantic illuminate what can go both wrong and right from our interventions, and teach us the lessons that can be applied to restore health to the world''s oceans and its creatures. As Voyage of the Turtle, Carl Safina''s compelling natural history adventure makes clear, the fate of the astonishing leatherback turtle, whose ancestry can be traced back 125 million years, is in our hands.

Writing with verve and color, Safina describes how he and his colleagues track giant pelagic turtles across the world''s oceans and onto remote beaches of every continent. As scientists apply lessons learned in the Atlantic and Caribbean to other e

Voyage of the Turtle

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      Publisher Holt McDougal
      Published 29 May 2007
      ISBN-13 9780805083187
      978-0805083187
      ISBN-10 0805083189
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      Oceanography (seas and oceans) Wildlife: reptiles and amphibians: general interest

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      The story of an ancient sea turtle and what its survival says about our future, from the award-winning writer and naturalist

      Though nature is indifferent to the struggles of her creatures, the human effect on them is often premeditated. The distressing decline of sea turtles in Pacific waters and their surprising recovery in the Atlantic illuminate what can go both wrong and right from our interventions, and teach us the lessons that can be applied to restore health to the world''s oceans and its creatures. As Voyage of the Turtle, Carl Safina''s compelling natural history adventure makes clear, the fate of the astonishing leatherback turtle, whose ancestry can be traced back 125 million years, is in our hands.

      Writing with verve and color, Safina describes how he and his colleagues track giant pelagic turtles across the world''s oceans and onto remote beaches of every continent. As scientists apply lessons learned in the Atlantic and Caribbean to other e

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