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100 _aWhitty, Julia
245 _aThe fragile edge :
_bdiving and other adventures in the South Pacific
_cJulia Whitty (Author)
260 _aBoston
_bHoughton Mifflin Company
_c2007
300 _aviii, 292 pages :
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_c22 cm
505 _aPart 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
520 _aA mesmerizing, scientifically rich portrait of the teeming coral reefs of Rangiroa in French Polynesia and the island of Mo'orea in the South Pacific
650 _aCoral reef ecology
650 _aFrench Polynesia
887 _2CamTech Library
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