Gaia Calls

Gaia Calls compiles memoirs and descriptions of Wade Doak's life as a young man in the Solomon Islands living among the islanders, to years of dolphin research, diving adventures, and more. Wade's adventures begin with his wife, Jan, living with atoll dwellers and the shark callers of Laulasi in the Solomon Islands, move to his discovery that interspecies communication can exist with patience, focus, and respect for the natural world, then lead to his profound work with several species of wild dolphins. His meetings with his Maori friends reinforces his understanding that a great deal is to be learned from our indigenous neighbors, who hold a huge store of knowledge that has recently become more available to the Western world as our own way of life becomes less and less sustainable. Finally, we read of his explorations of his beloved New Zealand.

Wade Doak, an internationally known marine biologist, dolphin researcher, and explorer, with his wife, Jan, have over one hundred years of underwater exploration and photography between them. Their generation was the first to scuba dive and document the undersea world. "It was better than first-footing the moon. We were flying in an unknown world." In 1963, they moved from New Zealand's South Island to the Tutukaka Coast to explore the Poor Knights Islands. Wade has written eighteen books and has been involved with multiple TV films on fish, marine life, and South Seas exploration. For sixteen years, the diving couple edited and published Dive Magazine. More at

A memoir of Doak's life as a young man in the Solomon Islands and New Zealand living among the islanders, studying dolphins, going on diving adventures, and more.

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