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Narwhals: Arctic Whales in a Melting World
by Todd McLeish
This book is a good blend of memoir, non-fiction, and interviews with experts. I thought that the memoir parts of the author recalling his many trips to the Arctic to narwhal watch and tag along with researchers were excellent. McLeish paints a very vividly gorgeous picture of the region and the wildlife.... I wanted the entire thing to be purely memoir, with a few scientific leeways interspersed.
And it was, in some ways, encompassing many excerpts of interviews that he conducted with narwhal and Arctic experts. Working these facts into the facts that he researched himself made for an informative read, but it just never seemed to flow very well. Each chapter did focus on an individual topic, but the information within was a bit random, sometimes taking detours onto completely different topics (I remember one of the chapters had an entire section with facts about walruses... which was interesting, but mostly unrelated).
I enjoyed the book, and I learned quite a lot, and was able to immerse myself in the Arctic realm (which I usually seem to do in the summer, read polar-related books), but the presentation of information had me a bit lost in parts. Regardless, if you want to learn more about narwhals, then this is an excellent book to read. I'm sure it's a great compliment to Barry Lopez's [b:Arctic Dreams|16878|Arctic Dreams|Barry López|https://d2arxad8u2l0g7.cloudfront.net/books/1408508830s/16878.jpg|1579465], which is quoted often.
And it was, in some ways, encompassing many excerpts of interviews that he conducted with narwhal and Arctic experts. Working these facts into the facts that he researched himself made for an informative read, but it just never seemed to flow very well. Each chapter did focus on an individual topic, but the information within was a bit random, sometimes taking detours onto completely different topics (I remember one of the chapters had an entire section with facts about walruses... which was interesting, but mostly unrelated).
I enjoyed the book, and I learned quite a lot, and was able to immerse myself in the Arctic realm (which I usually seem to do in the summer, read polar-related books), but the presentation of information had me a bit lost in parts. Regardless, if you want to learn more about narwhals, then this is an excellent book to read. I'm sure it's a great compliment to Barry Lopez's [b:Arctic Dreams|16878|Arctic Dreams|Barry López|https://d2arxad8u2l0g7.cloudfront.net/books/1408508830s/16878.jpg|1579465], which is quoted often.