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