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Window To The Sea: Behind The Scenes At America's Great Public Aquariums - Softcover

Grant, John; Jones, Ray

 
9780762739707: Window To The Sea: Behind The Scenes At America's Great Public Aquariums
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0762739703 ISBN 13: 9780762739707
Verlag: Insider's Guide, 2005

Inhaltsangabe

This exquisite book captures the beauty and adventure of the undersea world and reveals the dramatic work done by marine scientists and other staff at public aquariums. Paralleling a PBS program that will air in the fall of 2005, it offers a rare glimpse behind the scenes at these extremely popular attractions and travels into the field to explore the activities of four of North America''s greatest aquariums.

How are abandoned sea otters rescued and rehabilitated? Why is the discovery of a beautiful new jellyfish species a cause for celebration? How are chambered nautiluses and other exotic species cared for and bred in captivity? Presented in an engaging storytelling approach, these and other topics--acquisition of animals, creating exhibits, training, feeding, water maintenance, and ocean conservation--are explored in the pages of this beautiful book.

In addition to more than 100 stunning photos of marine life both at the aquariums and in the ocean, Window to the Sea features dozens of images from the TV footage of scientists and other aquarium professionals interacting with the animals. An extensive appendix describes sixty public aquariums in North America and includes all pertinent traveler information. This is a wonderful book for fans of PBS travel and nature programming and for young people interested in the life aquatic.

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Window to the Sea will air on PBS stations nationwide in the fall of 2005.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

John Grant is the executive producer of the Window to the Sea television program seen on PBS. His company, Driftwood Productions, produces travel and history programs for public and cable television, including Legendary Lighthouses and West Point: The First 200 Years. This is his fifth book. He lives in State College, Pennsylvania.

Ray Jones is the author or coauthor of numerous books on travel and history, including the bestselling companion to the PBS series Legendary Lighthouses. He was formerly a writing coach at Southern Living magazine and founding editor of Albuquerque Living magazine. He lives in Pebble Beach, California.

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As we stand eye-to-eye with an eel or octopus, watch the mesmerizing drift of jellyfish, or admire the powerful leap of a dolphin, we begin to comprehend the complexity, beauty, and adventure of our planet's inner space-the oceans. Public aquariums can open that window to the sea. They offer close and often eerily personal glimpses of a watery world far removed from our everyday experience and yet vital to our existence.
Window to the Sea, the companion to the PBS television program, provides a rare glimpse behind the scenes and into the field with professionals from four great aquariums: the New England Aquarium in Boston, the John G. Shedd Aquarium in Chicago, the Monterey Bay Aquarium in California, and the Waikiki Aquarium in Hawaii. You'll see how different aquariums work: how staff members care for and feed their animals, how they educate the public, and what research and conservation activities are under way on land or in the sea. With its engaging writing, 300 color photographs (including images from the TV show), and an appendix detailing major aquariums in the United States, Window to the Sea provides an insider's view of the oceans' alien underwater realm.

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Verlag
Insider's Guide
Erscheinungsdatum
2005
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0762739703
ISBN 13 
9780762739707
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
146
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