Beasts of the Sea
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",As deep and profound as the sea itself", Philip Hoare1741. The
crew of Vitus Bering's ill-starred Great Northern Expedition are
shipwrecked off a remote, uncharted island. With no hope of rescue,
they give in to despair.Until they discover the flesh of a huge
marine mammal that feeds in herds on the kelp in the bay.1859. The
Russian colony of Alaska is on the brink of collapse. Governor
Hampus Furuhjelm takes solace in the quest for a unique artefact: a
complete skeleton of what is now known as Steller's Sea Cow,
rumoured to have disappeared a hundred years before.Even extinct,
the sea cow will continue to shape lives and destinies, from the
woman charged with sketching its likeness from its bones, to the
expert egg restorer who will refurbish those same bones a century
later.A tribute to an iconic lost creature, and an adventure
through three centuries of scientific exploration, Beasts of the
Seacharts the unseen consequences of grand human ambitions and the
urge to resurrect what we, in our ignorance, have
destroyed.Translated from the Finnish by David Hackston
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Quercus Publishing ,
Iida Turpeinen
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Quercus Publishing,
Iida Turpeinen
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Slovart
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