Beachcombing
A guide to seashores of the Southern Hemisphere
$24.06
- Paperback
116 pages
- Release Date
15 July 2021
Summary
If you’ve ever walked along a beach or rocky shore and peered, poked, or wondered at the things cast upon it by the waves, this book is for you. Sea foam, ambergris, giant squid, stranded whales, seaweed, shells, plastic, dead birds, shoes, and pieces of planes or rockets—beaches are our windows to the ocean, and the objects we find on them tell stories about life, death, and dynamic processes in the sea.
Beachcombing looks at waves and tides, the connectivity of Southern Hem…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781990048005 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1990048005 |
| Author: | Ceridwen Fraser |
| Publisher: | Otago University Press |
| Imprint: | Otago University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 116 |
| Release Date: | 15 July 2021 |
| Weight: | 250g |
| Dimensions: | 210mm x 10mm |
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About The Author
Ceridwen Fraser
Ceridwen (Crid) Fraser grew up in Australia and spent childhood summers poking around in rockpools along the New South Wales south coast. She developed a deep attachment to the ocean and the fascinating critters that live in and around it, and decided at the age of 11 to become a marine biologist. She has worked in Belgium and Australia, and today is an associate professor in the Marine Science Department at the University of Otago.
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