Catalog

Record Details

Catalog Search



The outlaw ocean : journeys across the last untamed frontier  Cover Image Book Book

The outlaw ocean : journeys across the last untamed frontier / Ian Urbina.

Urbina, Ian, (author.).

Summary:

"There are few remaining frontiers on our planet. But perhaps the wildest, and least understood, are the world's oceans: too big to police, and with no clear international authority, the oceans have become the setting for rampant criminality--from human trafficking and slavery to environmental crimes and piracy. Now, in The Outlaw Ocean, Ian Urbina--prize-winning reporter for The New York Times--gives us a galvanizing account of the several years he spent exploring and investigating the high seas, the industries that make use of it, and the people who make their--often criminal--living on it. He traveled on fishing boats and freighters, visited port towns and hidden outposts. He witnessed both environmental vigilantes and transgressors in action, and faced a near-mutiny aboard a police ship conveying him to a meeting point miles from the coast. He describes pursuing employment agencies and shipowners to hold them accountable for labor abuses, and traveling with a maritime repo man. Combining high drama, an investigative reporter's eye for detail, and a commitment to social justice, The Outlaw Ocean is both a gripping adventure story and a stunning exposé of some of the most disturbing realities that lie behind fishing, shipping, and, by turn, the entire global economy"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780451492944 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: xiv, 544 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2019.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject: Urbina, Ian > Travel.
Fisheries > Corrupt practices.
Law of the sea.
Oceania.
Ocean.
Genre: Travel writing.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
Show All Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Stroud Branch 639.2 Urb 31681010167104 NONFIC Available -


Additional Resources