| Description |
240 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 29 cm |
| Note |
"Published to accompany the BBC television series Oceans, first broadcast on BBC2 in 2008"--T.p. verso. |
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Includes index. |
| Contents |
The Mediterranean : cradle of Western civilization -- The Atlantic Ocean : the sea of Atlas -- The Sea of Cortez : the world's aquarium -- The Indian Ocean : stillness and storms -- The Red Sea : ocean of optimism -- The Southern Ocean : small sea, big water -- The Arctic Ocean : earth's climate controller. |
| Summary |
This companion book to a major BBC television series draws on the most exciting stories from the fields of subaquatic archaeology, geology, marine biology, and anthropology to reveal an astonishing landscape of forgotten shipwrecks, submerged volcanoes, and hidden caves. |
| Subject |
Marine biology.
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Marine biology. |
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Ocean.
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Ocean. |
| Added Author |
Laking, Anne.
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British Broadcasting Corporation.
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| Added Title |
Oceans (Television program)
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| ISBN |
9780520260283 cloth alkaline paper |
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0520260287 cloth alkaline paper |
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