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Zusatztext "A critical race to save the lake is on, and Thomson's travelogue will help the effort." Moscow Times 2007 Informationen zum Autor Peter Thomson is Founding Producer and Senior Editor of NPR's "Living on Earth" and recipient of 19 awards for excellence in broadcast journalism; currently freelance environmental journalist and member of Executive Committee of Society of Environmental Journalists. Klappentext Lake BaikalSiberias immense and threatened Sacred Sea is the magnet that draws a veteran environmental journalist and his brother around the world and back by train and boat. On this classic journey of discovery, the author takes the measure of the planet, humanity, Russia and his own self as reflected in the worlds greatest lake. Zusammenfassung Lake BaikalSiberias immense and threatened Sacred Sea is the magnet that draws a veteran environmental journalist and his brother around the world and back by train and boat. On this classic journey of discovery, the author takes the measure of the planet, humanity, Russia and his own self as reflected in the worlds greatest lake. Inhaltsverzeichnis Author's Note Prologue: Blagopoluchnoe Part One: The Sacred Sea 1: A Flash of Blue Light 2: Songs and Whispers 3: The Earth Splits, Water Rushes In 4: Into the Lake-Shallow 5: Into the Lake-Deep 6: Buryatia, in Black and White and Color 7: On the Trail with Pod Boy and Monkey Mind 8: Bad Roads are Good for Baikal 9: Traveling and Staying Home Part Two: 180@ 10: The Long Way Home 11: The Great Circle 12: Zigzag to Russia 13: Power in the East 14: Across the Sleeping Land 15: Angels and Ghosts in Irkutsk Part Three: Baikal, Too, Must Work 16: One of the Best Enterprises in Russia 17: Righteousness, Uncertainty and the Point of No Return 18: Connecting the Dots 19: Dr. Hope and Dr. Despair 20: Blind Love is a Dangerous Thing 21: 360@ Epilogue: The Great Baikal Chain Acknowledgments Illustration Credits Source Notes and Further Reading ...
