Sea Legs by Kathleen Crane
The personal history of a pioneer woman oceanographer and her role in the development of science during the Cold War. Sea Legs is the story of Kathleen Crane, one of the first women oceanographers out of the world-renowned Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, California. By turns personal and objective, Crane tells how her quest for freedom led her to the sea and her research of deep-sea underwater volcanoes. As research doors in the United States closed during the 1980s, Crane charted her scientific future with the Europeans and with scientists from the Soviet Union during the height of the Cold War. In the process she became an unwitting diplomat. From the Galapagos dives in the Alvin and the early searches for Titanic , to many of the first scientific expeditions of the Arctic, Crane offers an exclusive and compelling first-hand account as a pioneer for women in oceanography. An explorer, environmentalist, and filmmaker, Cranes story encompasses the worlds oceans, politics, international relations, scientific espionage, ships, and a passion for the natural world. At its heart, however, this is a story about humanity and the forces that drive people to persevere, despite the odds, and do the things they love.
Kathleen Craneis Professor, Departme nt of Geography, Hunter College, CUNY, Adjunct Sen ior Scientist at Columbia University's Lamont-Dohe rty Earth Observatory, and Program Manager for Arc tic Exploration in the Arctic Research Office of N OAA. Dr. Crane is the author of more than sevent y scientific manuscripts, has written for Scie ntific American, published photographs in the National Geographic Magazine and is the author, w ith Jennifer Lee Galasso, of the Arctic Enviro nmental Atlas published in 1999. Dr. Crane ha s been featured on National Geographic Explorer te levision. She lives in McLean, Virginia with her d aughter.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780813340043 |
| ISBN 10 | 0813340047 |
| Title | Sea Legs |
| Author | Kathleen Crane |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis Inc |
| Year published | 2003-02-05 |
| Number of pages | 328 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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