Fathoms: The World in the Whale By: Rebecca Giggs [Audiobook]

Author: Rebecca Giggs
Narrated by: Shiromi Arserio

“[A] delving, haunted and poetic debut.” (The New York Times Book Review)

“A work of bright and careful genius.” (Robert Moor, New York Times best-selling author of On Trails) 

“Fathoms took my breath away. Every page is suffused with magic and meaning.” (Ed Yong, New York Times best-selling author of I Contain Multitudes)

Fathoms is a gorgeous meditation on the awe-inspiring lives of whales, revealing what they can teach us about ourselves, our planet, and our relationship to other species.

When writer Rebecca Giggs encountered a humpback whale stranded on her local beachfront in Australia, she began to wonder how the lives of whales reflect the condition of our oceans. Fathoms: The World in the Whale blends natural history, philosophy, and science to explore: How do whales experience ecological change? How has whale culture been both understood and changed by human technology? What can observing whales teach us about the complexity, splendor, and fragility of life? 

In Fathoms, we learn about whales so rare they have never been named, whale songs that sweep across hemispheres in annual waves of popularity, and whales that have modified the chemical composition of our planet’s atmosphere. We travel to Japan to board the ships that hunt whales and delve into the deepest seas to discover how plastic pollution pervades our earth’s undersea environment. 

In the spirit of Rachel Carson and Rebecca Solnit, Giggs gives us a vivid exploration of the natural world even as she addresses what it means to write about nature at a time of environmental crisis. With depth and clarity, Giggs outlines the challenges we face as we attempt to understand the perspectives of other living beings and our own place on an evolving planet. Evocative and inspiring, Fathoms marks the arrival of an essential new voice.

32M	01 - Prologue.mp3
43M	02 - Chapter 1 Petroglyph.mp3
40M	03 - Chapter 2 The Oooo-ers.mp3
26M	04 - Chapter 3 Blue Museum.mp3
40M	05 - Chapter 4 Charisma.mp3
40M	06 - Chapter 5 Sounding.mp3
36M	07 - Chapter 6 Sea Pie.mp3
26M	08 - Chapter 7 Kitsch Interior.mp3
35M	09 - Chapter 8 Scantling.mp3
19M	10 - Epilogue Deep End.mp3
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