The Wave

In Pursuit of the Oceans' Greatest Furies

von Susan Casey

368 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Some people are drawn towards nature at its most extreme - and it doesn't get more extreme than giant waves.These deadly waves have a strangely hypnotic pull on two types of person: for scientists and super-surfers, rogue waves are a grail, and they will go to dangerous lengths to hunt them down.This is a white-knuckle ride with the men who live to catch rogue waves. It zips from Lloyds of London to rusty oil rigs, tropical Tahitian surf shacks to super-computer data labs. Find out what happens when nature confronts nature at her most ferocious.

• Themen: Sport & Freizeit Wassersport und Erholung Surfen, Windsurfen, Wasserski
• ISBN: 9780099531760
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 07.07.2011
• Größe: 198 x 128 mm
• Verlag: Vintage Publishing