Overview

Perhaps the closest a human being comes to visiting another planet is to descend into the sea. In Soundings, Kennedy Warne connects his lifelong exploration of the underwater world with a global story of humanity's relationship with the sea. Drawing on more than 20 years of fi eldwork for National Geographic, he shares experiences that range from diving with harp seals under the sea ice of the Gulf of St Lawrence to following the legendary 'sardine run' along South Africa's Wild Coast; from watching turret-building ghost crabs in Arabia to witnessing the impact of dynamite fi shing in the Philippines; from swimming with crocodiles in the Okavango Delta to fi nding seahorses on the Eastern Cape. From a myriad underwater encounters a wider conversation emerges about human engagement with the sea. One question dominates: How can we care for and reconnect with the oceans around us?

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‘Beautifully written’ — The Booklover,‘Vivid, entertaining and instructive encounters with the underwater world’ — John Daly-Peoples, New Zealand Arts Review,‘A report from one of New Zealand’s most intrepid and best-travelled explorers’ — Steve Braunias, Aotearoa New Zealand Review of Books,‘A gift to those of us who love the sea and feel it’s call’ — Gem Wilder, Kete,‘The power of this book is that it shows us the speed of sea change as measured within the short span of a human life’ — Ingrid Horrocks, New Zealand Geographic,‘Much more than a thrilling adventure story’ — Lyn Potter, NZ Booklovers

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Kennedy Warne, co-founder of New Zealand Geographic magazine and contributor to National Geographic, often writes about the sea, including the book Let Them Eat Shrimp: The Tragic Disappearance of the Rainforests of the Sea. His most recent books, however, are land-based: Tuhoe: Portrait of a Nation and View From the Road, a collaboration with photographer Arno Gasteiger. He has also produced two children's books with Northland illustrator Heather Hunt: Cuckoo and the Warbler and It's My Egg (and you can't have it!). Once a fortnight Warne speaks about the outdoors, nature and adventure on RNZ's morning programme, Nine to Noon, in a slot entitled 'Off the Beaten Track'

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