Into Great Silence: A Memoir of Discovery and Loss among Vanishing Orcas
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| Rating | : | 4.91 (902 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 080701446X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 268 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-01-01 |
| Language | : | English |
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From Booklist When graduate student Saulitis volunteered to help study a group of killer whales, or orcas, in Prince William Sound in 1988, she set her life’s course and found herself in paradise. We feel as though we, too, are soaked with fog and rain, struggling with a camera, and elated at the sight of the magnificent, mysterious orcas. Looking back while receiving treatment for breast cancer, Saulitis displays a power of recall and a gift for precise, poetic description that are exceptional and deeply affecting. Saulitis’ stunning and sorrowful “book of
Both an elegy for one orca family and a celebration of the entire species, Into Great Silence is a moving portrait of the interconnectedness of humans with animals and place—and of the responsibility we have to protect them.. With the intellectual rigor of a scientist and the heart of a poet, Saulitis gives voice to these vital yet vanishing survivors and the place they are so loyal to. Science entwines with matters of the human heart as a whale researcher chronicles the lives of an endangered family of orcas Ever since Eva Saulitis began her whale research in Alaska in the 1980s, she has been drawn deeply into the lives of a single extended family of endangered orcas struggling to survive in Prince William Sound. Over the course of a decades-long career spent observing and studying these whales, and eventually coming to know them as individuals, she has, sadly, witnessed the devastation wrought by the Exxon Valdez oil spill of 1989—after which not a single calf has been born to the group
She lives in Homer, Alaska. In addition to her scientific publications, her essays, poems, and reviews have appeared in numerous national journals, including Orion, Crazyhorse, and Prairie Schooner. . Eva Saulitis has studied whales in Prince William Sound, the Kenai Fjords, and Alaska’s Aleutia
A heartbreaking book on how we are harming our oceans Karyn Errington A heartbreaking book on how we are harming our oceans and its residents. How the Exxon Oil spill has lead to the deaths of whales in that area. A must read for those who care about the earth and the oceans.. A powerful book about Orcas and Place Diana G. This is the best book I have read in four years. Ms. Saulitis combines factual information with the ease of reading a novel to tell the story of the transient Orca whales of Prince William Sound. Her switch back and forth from scientific observation to her personal reflections written in her journal made the book very enjoyable for me. Her style of writing made me feel like I was on Whale 1 with her, seeing the Orcas first hand. An excellent story about Prince William Sound,. "Cuts to the Core" according to Marybeth Holleman. In Into Great Silence: A Memoir of Discovery and Loss Among Vanishing Orcas, Eva Saulitis charts the lives of a single extended family of orcas in Prince William Sound, a family so devasted by the oil spill and subsequent changes that they are now on the verge of extinction. With scientific clarity and poetic intimacy, Saulitis describes her research and first-hand experiences with these whales. It is, truly, "a moving portrait of the interconnectedness of humans with animal