Sharkwater / An Odyssey To Save The Planet Rob Stewart.

By:

Stewart, Rob, 1979-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Toronto : Key Porter Books, c2007.Description: 215 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cmISBN:

9781552639719 :
1552639711

Other title:

Shark water

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

597.3 22

Subject: The filmmaker tells the story of his effort to protect sharks, teaming up with renegade conservationist Paul Watson of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. Their unbelievable adventure together starts with a battle between Sea Shepherd and shark poachers in Guatemala, resulting in pirate boat rammings, gunboat chases, mafia espionage, corrupt court systems and attempted murder charges, forcing them to flee for their lives. Through it all, Stewart discovers these magnificent creatures have gone from predator to prey, and how, despite surviving the earth's history of mass extinctions, they could easily be wiped out within a few years due to human greed. Stewart's remarkable journey of courage and determination changes from a mission to save the world's sharks, into a fight for his life, and that of humankind.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
500 - 599	West Grey Ayton Branch Shelves	Non-fiction	597. 3 STE (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		37784004057952

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Based on the award-winning documentary.

The filmmaker tells the story of his effort to protect sharks, teaming up with renegade conservationist Paul Watson of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. Their unbelievable adventure together starts with a battle between Sea Shepherd and shark poachers in Guatemala, resulting in pirate boat rammings, gunboat chases, mafia espionage, corrupt court systems and attempted murder charges, forcing them to flee for their lives.

Through it all, Stewart discovers these magnificent creatures have gone from predator to prey, and how, despite surviving the earth's history of mass extinctions, they could easily be wiped out within a few years due to human greed.

Stewart's remarkable journey of courage and determination changes from a mission to save the world's sharks, into a fight for his life, and that of humankind.

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