Award-winning travel journalist Peter Guttman sets sail and embarks on a rollicking journey across the high seas aboard a colorful variety of craft while exploring dramatic coastal landscapes, exotic maritime cultures, spectacular marine wildlife, mouthwatering seafood treasures, and joyous nautical pastimes. Sailing past the shores of all seven continents, the romantic imagination of every beach lover, sailor, surfer, lighthouse enthusiast, and traveler will be captured during a thrilling circumnavigation that includes:
Rugged, rainbow-splashed outports of Newfoundland
VA canoe flotilla of chanting, grass-skirted warriors in remote Irian Jaya
Mailboat cruises threading spectacular Norwegian fjords
Luxuriant sunbathing at an elegant Indian Ocean resort
Seaweed-steamed lobster bakes on Maine's granite coast
Rush hour in the floating markets of Southeast Asia
A circular dance through every time zone at the North Pole
Roasting marshmallows and lighthouse lodgings among the dunes of Cape Cod
An icebreaker casts anchor for a rendezvous with a raucous emperor penguin colony
By the Sea is a dazzling survey of the magical aquatic wonders our planet offers. A definitive testament to the majestic drama and beauty of a diverse maritime world, this visual treasury is perfect for anyone with a love of salt air. Bon voyage!
- ISBN10 1632203308
- ISBN13 9781632203304
- Publish Date 4 June 2015 (first published 26 May 2015)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Skyhorse Publishing
- Imprint Sky Pony Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 256
- Language English