Tides and the Ocean: Water's Movement Around the World, from Waves to Whirlpools by Thomson, William

Tides and the Ocean: Water's Movement Around the World, from Waves to Whirlpools

Surfers, sailors, and anyone who loves the ocean will enjoy this visual exploration of the world's seas...
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Author: William Thomson
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Language: English
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Tides and the Ocean: Water's Movement Around the World, from Waves to Whirlpools by Thomson, William

Tides and the Ocean: Water's Movement Around the World, from Waves to Whirlpools

CHF 43.36

Tides and the Ocean: Water's Movement Around the World, from Waves to Whirlpools

CHF 43.36
Author: William Thomson
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Surfers, sailors, and anyone who loves the ocean will enjoy this visual exploration of the world's seas along its shores, including rip tides, swells, waves, and tsunamis.

Tide is the vertical motion of water, something so subtle it is impossible to see with the naked eye. Inspired by his travels around the world's coastline in a camper van with his young family, William Thomson captures the cycles of the sea's movement, and intersperses his adventures surfing the waves and charting the tides. Throughout Tides and the Ocean are his graphic renderings of unusual tidal maps, as well as other forms of water movement, including rip, rapids, swell, stream, tide, wave, whirlpool, and tsunami.

Tides and the Ocean explains how the tides surge when the moon and sun align with the earth; how ocean streams alternate direction every six hours (which is invaluable information for kayakers, paddle boarders, and fishermen); why skyscraper-sized tsunamis occur frequently in an Alaskan Bay; and the most deadly beach orientation for rip currents. Also emphasized throughout is the importance of keeping the world's oceans healthy and full of life.

Published in time for beach travel, this large-format hardcover is ideal for anyone who knows and loves the sea, and who wants to understand, discover, surf, or sail it better.

Author: William Thomson
Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
Published: 05/15/2018
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 2.70lbs
Size: 11.20h x 9.40w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9780316414500

About the Author
William Thomson is an artist, writer, and world traveler, who follows the coasts and maps the tides. Renowned for his hand-illustrated tidal charts, he's the author of the UK bestseller Book of Tides. He's been written about in BBC, Telegraph, iNews, and LifeEdited. He lives with his partner, daughter, newborn son, and dog in a camper van wherever the water is best.


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