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The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks, and Giants of the Ocean

Susan Casey

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Description:An astonishing book about colossal, ship-swallowing rogue waves and the surfers who seek them outFor centuries mariners have spun tales of gargantuan waves—100-feet high or taller. Until recently scientists dismissed these stories, believing waves that high violate the laws of physics. But in the past few decades, as a startling number of ships have vanished and new evidence has emerged, oceanographers realized something scary is brewing in the planet’s waters. They found their proof in February 2000, when a British research vessel was trapped in a vortex of impossibly mammoth waves in the North Sea—including several that approached 100 feet.As scientists scramble to understand this phenomenon, others view the giant waves as the ultimate challenge. These are extreme surfers who fly around the world trying to ride the ocean’s most destructive monsters. The pioneer of extreme surfing is the legendary Laird Hamilton, who, with a group of friends in Hawaii, figured out how to board suicidally large waves of 70 and 80 feet. Casey follows this unique tribe of people as they seek to conquer the holy grail of their sport: a 100-foot wave.In this mesmerizing account, the exploits of Hamilton and his fellow surfers are juxtaposed with scientists’ urgent efforts to understand the destructive power of waves, from the tsunami that wiped out 250,000 people in the Pacific in 2004 to the 1,740-foot-wave that leveled part of the Alaskan coast. Like Jon Krakauer’s Into Thin Air, The Wave brilliantly portrays human beings confronting nature at its most ferocious.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks, and Giants of the Ocean. To get started finding The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks, and Giants of the Ocean, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 390

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ISBN: 0767928857

Description: An astonishing book about colossal, ship-swallowing rogue waves and the surfers who seek them outFor centuries mariners have spun tales of gargantuan waves—100-feet high or taller. Until recently scientists dismissed these stories, believing waves that high violate the laws of physics. But in the past few decades, as a startling number of ships have vanished and new evidence has emerged, oceanographers realized something scary is brewing in the planet’s waters. They found their proof in February 2000, when a British research vessel was trapped in a vortex of impossibly mammoth waves in the North Sea—including several that approached 100 feet.As scientists scramble to understand this phenomenon, others view the giant waves as the ultimate challenge. These are extreme surfers who fly around the world trying to ride the ocean’s most destructive monsters. The pioneer of extreme surfing is the legendary Laird Hamilton, who, with a group of friends in Hawaii, figured out how to board suicidally large waves of 70 and 80 feet. Casey follows this unique tribe of people as they seek to conquer the holy grail of their sport: a 100-foot wave.In this mesmerizing account, the exploits of Hamilton and his fellow surfers are juxtaposed with scientists’ urgent efforts to understand the destructive power of waves, from the tsunami that wiped out 250,000 people in the Pacific in 2004 to the 1,740-foot-wave that leveled part of the Alaskan coast. Like Jon Krakauer’s Into Thin Air, The Wave brilliantly portrays human beings confronting nature at its most ferocious.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks, and Giants of the Ocean. To get started finding The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks, and Giants of the Ocean, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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