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Introduction: Learning to Float

From: The Imperilled Ocean

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In readings from this book Journalist Lauren Trethewey explores storied about the many ways in which people around the world interact with the ocean. In the introduction Trethewey recounts a visit to an isolated coastal indigenous community in the Pacific Northwest. She goes on to discuss the complex history of humanity’s relationship with the ocean and the constant allure of the sea that transcends culture.

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Laura Trethewey

Laura Trethewey is an ocean journalist whose writing has appeared in Smithsonian Magazine, Courier International, the Walrus, Globe and Mail, Canadian Geographic and at Ocean.org, the multimedia storytelling site of the Vancouver Aquarium. The Imperilled Ocean is her first book.