The Saltwater Wilderness

A modern-day Jacques Cousteau, the author explores the human relationship to the living sea. Through this book, a wildlife photojournalist and medical doctor offers a true account his misadventures in diving, surfing, and studying marine natural history and ecology. He brings the reader from California to New Guinea, Fiji, Palau, and Tonga; from the Caribbean to Alaska and back again. Coral reefs, kelp beds, Arctic fjords, and the depths of the honey-thick ocean set the stage for a cast of characters that include an aquanaut, an eco-terrorist, and a whole host of eccentric, brilliant scientists. Along the way, a quest to shed light on marine limits, symbiosis, and biogeography ties it all together. This book will appeal to anyone who snorkels, swims, scuba dives, surfs, studies marine biology, or loves the sea. Beautifully illustrated with classic black and white photography.