内容简介
Youslipoverthesideofyourboat,descendingdeepintothedarkrealmoftheEarth'slargestcreature.Thenthewhalestartstosing,justfeetawayfromyou.Yourecordthesounds,hopingonedaytounderstandtheirlanguage.Theirmusicisarareglimpseofthismajesticmammal'sunknownworld.PhotographerFlipNicklinbringsyoufacetofacewithwhalesastheycommunicate,nursetheiryoung,andsurfacedramaticallyforair.Meettheseintelligent,socialcreaturesintheirnaturalhabitat;learnofthedifferentkindsofwhales,fromhumpbackstobelugas;discoverhowwecanaidtheirrecoveryfromyearsofoverhunting;andhowwecanprotecttheirenvironment.
作者简介
Ifyou'redoingsomethingyoulove,you'llnevernoticethehoursittakestodoitverywell,andit'sworthit,saysFlipNicklin,aNationalGeographicphotographerwithmorethan5,500divesspentobservingdolphinsandwhales,tohiscredit.His20articlesfortheNationalGeographicmagazineinclude:HumpbackWhales(1982),WhalesCalledKiller(1984),RareLookatSpermandBlueWhales(1984),NarwhalUnicornoftheArctic(1986),Whales,AnEraofDiscovery(1988),DolphinsinCrisis(1992),Beluga,WhiteWhaleoftheNorth(1994),BowheadWhales(1995),RealmoftheElusiveSpermWhale(1995),MarineSanctuaries(1998),BottlenoseWhales(1998),ListeningtoHumpbacks(1999),andPursuingtheMinke(2001).HisbooksincludeWiththeWhalesandWhales,Dolphins,andPorpoises,publishedbytheNationalGeographicSociety.HeworksactivelywiththeWhaleTrust,awhaleconservationorganization.Hisco-authorishiswife,LindaNicklin,awriter,researcher,andwhalelover.TogethertheyworkonresearchandeducationprojectsinAlaskaandHawai'ifromtheirnewresearchboat,TheTrust.
