The fragile edge : diving and other adventures in the South Pacific

Whitty, Julia

The fragile edge : diving and other adventures in the South Pacific Julia Whitty (Author) - Boston Houghton Mifflin Company 2007 - viii, 292 pages : maps 22 cm

Part 1. Rangiroa. Rapture
Swimming in the Bellybutton
The manysided lagoon
Changeover
Breath control
Inside the turtle's shell
The Near-field/Far-field boundary
Eavesdropping
Big songs
The king of Lake Vaihiria
Impermanence
The Infinity pool
Inshallah
Poi dogs
The consorting together of dissimilar organisms
It furthers one to cross the great water
The lemon shark affair
Grand secret. Part 2. Tuvalu. Hideaway
Falling dominoes
Liquid faultline
Leave your values at the Front desk
Little cemeteries
Diving the Apocalypse
Nuptials
Just do it
Beseeching the wind horses
Sinking dragons. Part 3. Mo'orea. The churning of the ocean
An ocean of silence and bliss
The sleep of plants
Living lanterns
The clamor of true democracy
The spirit of godly gamesomeness
Coral noose
Mother ocean
Fish tamer
A force like a hundred thousand wedges
Gleanings
Across the threshold


A mesmerizing, scientifically rich portrait of the teeming coral reefs of Rangiroa in French Polynesia and the island of Mo'orea in the South Pacific

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Coral reef ecology
French Polynesia

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