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Sacred Sea: A Journey to Lake Baikal by Peter Thomson (Paperback, 2009)

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    Lake Baikal-Siberia's immense and threatened Sacred Sea -is the magnet that draws a veteran environmental journalist and his brother around the world and back by train and boat. On this classic journey of discovery, the author takes the measure of the planet, humanity, Russia and his own self as reflected in the world's greatest lake.

    Key Features
    Author(s)Peter Thomson
    PublisherOxford University Press Inc
    Date of Publication16/07/2009
    Language(s)English
    FormatPaperback
    ISBN-100195387333
    ISBN-139780195387339
    GenreLife Sciences: General

    Publication Data
    Place of PublicationNew York
    Country of PublicationUnited States
    ImprintOxford University Press Inc
    Content Note60 black and white halftone illustrations

    Dimensions
    Weight483 g
    Width154 mm
    Height234 mm
    Spine15 mm
    Pagination336

    Description
    Table Of ContentsAUTHOR'S NOTE; PROLOGUE: BLAGOPOLUCHNOE; PART ONE: THE SACRED SEA; 1. A Flash of Blue Light; 2. Songs and Whispers; 3. The Earth Splits, Water Rushes In; 4. Into the Lake-Shallow; 5. Into the Lake-Deep; 6. Buryatia, in Black & White and Color; 7. On the Trail with Pod Boy and Monkey Mind; 8. Bad Roads are Good for Baikal; 9. Traveling and Staying Home; PART TWO: 180NULL; 10. The Long Way Home; 11. The Great Circle; 12. Zigzag to Russia; 13. Power in the East; 14. Across the Sleeping Land; 15. Angels & Ghosts in Irkutsk; PART THREE: BAIKAL, TOO, MUST WORK; 16. One of the Best Enterprises in Russia; 17. Righteousness, Uncertainty and the Point of No Return; 18. Connecting the Dots; 19. Dr. Hope and Dr. Despair; 20. Blind Love is a Dangerous Thing; 21. 360-; EPILOGUE: THE GREAT BAIKAL CHAIN; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ILLUSTRATION CREDITS
    Author Biography<br>Peter Thomson is Founding Producer and Senior Editor of NPR's Living on Earth and recipient of 19 awards for excellence in broadcast journalism. He is currently a freelance environmental journalist and member of Executive Committee of Society of Environmental Journalists.<br>

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