Among giants : a life with whales /

Among giants : a life with whales /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Nicklin, Flip.
Imprint:	Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2011.
Description:	190 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) : 24 x 29 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Whales. Dolphins. Dolphins. Underwater photography. Whales. Wildlife photography.
Format:	Print Book
Local Note:	University of Chicago Library's copy 1 has original dust-jacket.
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9116131

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Other authors / contributors:	Kostyal, K. M., 1951-
ISBN:	9780226580999 (cloth : alk. paper) 0226580997 (cloth : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	One of the world's leading cetacean photographers describes his life photographing whales around the world, revealing their compexity and diversity and the continued threats to their existence from the whaling industry and environmental pollution.

Table of Contents:

Introduction: My father rode a whale
Coming of age
Jim Darling on humpbacks
In the wake of whales
Hal Whitehead on sperm whales
Life in the high arctic
Glenn Williams on the high arctic
Crisis in the oceans
Jon Stern on TK
Imaging the future
Bruce Mate on tracking technologies.