Eye of the Albatross: Visions of Hope and Survival
By Carl Safina
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"One of the most delightful natural history studies in decades." —The Boston Globe
Eye of the Albatross takes us soaring to locales where whales, sea turtles, penguins, and shearwaters flourish in their own quotidian rhythms. Carl Safina's guide and inspiration is an albatross he calls Amelia, whose life and far-flung flights he describes in fascinating detail. Interwoven with recollections of whalers and famous explorers, Eye of the Albatross probes the unmistakable environmental impact of the encounters between man and marine life. Safina's perceptive and authoritative portrait results in a transforming ride to the ends of the Earth for the reader, as well as an eye-opening look at the health of our oceans.
Carl Safina
Carl Safina's work has been recognized with MacArthur, Pew, and Guggenheim Fellowships, and his writing has won Orion, Lannan, and National Academies literary awards and the John Burroughs, James Beard, and George Rabb medals. He has a PhD in ecology from Rutgers University. Safina is the inaugural holder of the endowed chair for nature and humanity at Stony Brook University, where he co-chairs the steering committee of the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science and is founding president of the not-for-profit Safina Center. He hosted the 10-part PBS series Saving the Ocean with Carl Safina. His writing appears in The New York Times, National Geographic, Audubon, Orion, and other periodicals and on the Web at National Geographic News and Views, Huffington Post, and CNN.com. Carl's books include Voyage of the Turtle, Becoming Wild, and The View from Lazy Point.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I'm in love with Safina. I want him to write more books, right away. I want to sell all my worldly goods and devote my life to saving birds.
Safina's a delicious prose stylist with a clear, burning passion for animals. Highly recommended. - Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5I wasn't taken by this book - perhaps beacause I'm not a bird lover. However, I've always respected Safina's passion and commiment to the sustainability of our oceans and environment. There are moments in this book where the writing is truly poetic, eliciting insights into the links between animals and humans that make you lift your head from the page and pause to think. I'll continue reading Safina's works for these moments. He's also a fantastic speaker/presenter. It's worth Youtubing his work if you're interested.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This is one of my favorite books. It was written by a newly minted PhD, who also happened to be a wonderful writer and who has now became an important conservationist. The topics he covers are broad, but most of the book focuses on the animals who inhabit the Pacific Ocean and human impact on their ecosystems. This description doesn't capture what is great about the book, however; his wonderfully evocative writing, his deep knowledge about his subject matter, and his light touch when delivering an opinion make it a thoroughly enjoyable read.