"Magnificent . . . A joyful, hopeful book. Safina gives us ample reasons to be enthralled by this astonishing ancient animal--and ample reasons to care.""--Los Angeles Times" As Carl Safina's compelling natural history adventure makes clear, the fate of the leatherback turtle is in our hands. The distressing decline of these ancient sea turtles in Pacific waters and their surprising recovery in the Atlantic illuminate the results--both positive and negative--of our interventions and the lessons that can be applied, globally, to restore the oceans and their creatures. We accompany award-winning natural history expert Safina and his colleagues as they track leatherbacks across the world's oceans and onto remote beaches of every continent, including a thrilling journey from Monterey, California, to nesting grounds in Papua, New Guinea. Throughout, in his peerless prose, Safina captures the delicate interaction between these gentle giants and the humans who are playing a significant role in their survival.

卡尔·沙夫纳（CarlSafina），毕生亲近海洋，是渔夫，也是海洋科学家，提倡复原海洋资源和生命力不遗余力，曾获普鸟慈善基金会“保护暨环境学人奖”。他曾服务于“中大西洋渔业管理委员会”，并曾担任“史密生协会”的“海洋星球”顾问委员，以及“世界保护联盟”的“鲨鱼专家小组”成员。1990年，沙夫纳在“美国奥杜邦协会”成立“活海洋计划”，并担任计划主任。目前他住在纽约，是耶鲁大学副教授。卡尔·沙夫纳是2000年安娜文学奖获得者；获1998年《纽约时报》卓越图书奖；1998年《洛杉矶日寸报》最佳非小说类图书奖；1998年《图书馆杂志》最佳科学图书奖。