Kieran Mulvaney: 2 books
The Great White Bear
A Natural and Unnatural History of the Polar Bear
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2011
Polar bears are creatures of paradox: They are white bears whose skin is black; massive predators who can walk almost silently; Arctic residents whose major problem is not staying warm, but keeping cool. Fully grown they can measure 10 feet and weigh close to 2,000 pounds, but at birth they are just...
The Whaling Season
An Inside Account Of The Struggle To Stop Commercial Whaling
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
Despite a decades-long international moratorium on commercial whaling, one fleet has continued to hunt and kill whales in the waters surrounding Antarctica. Refusing to let this defiance go unchallenged, the environmental organization Greenpeace began dispatching expeditions to the region in an effort...