The Whale: In Search of the Giants of the Sea

The Whale: In Search of the Giants of the Sea

From his childhood fascination with the gigantic Natural History Museum model of a blue whale to his adult encounters with the living animals in the Atlantic Ocean, the acclaimed writer Philip Hoare …

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