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A rare and timeless book that takes the reader beneath the ocean's surface to travel with a young sperm whale. With a new foreword by the author. "A writer of unusual grace and feeling ... This is a fine book". -- The New Yorker
Victor Scheffer writes of a social revolution. Environmentalism began as a revelation that the resources supporting life are limited and that men and women can--if they act wisely and soon--reduce their material demands and their numbers before limits are reached and the richness of human existence is diminished forever. The revelation grew into a revolution driven by a morality of life or death for the human race. Environmentalism is not a word deeply rooted in the American vernacular. It was seldom used before the appearance of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring in 1962, although warnings about the environment had been sounded earlier. It has roots in conservation--the preservation and careful ...
Introduction. Sources and methods ; Counts and measurements of seals ; Age determination -- Components of the herd. Bulls ; Bachelors ; Pups ; Cows ; Yearlings -- Present size of the herd. Life habits ; Estimate of the size of the herd from the trend of the commercial harvest ; Estimate of the size of the herd from the trend of the harem bull count -- Appendix A. Effect of sealing on fluctuations in herd size 1786-1951 -- Appendix B. Fecundity of males -- Appendix C. Size of the average harem -- Appendix D. Age criteria for bachelor fur seals -- Appendix E. Escapement of bachelors from the commercial kill -- Appendix F. Calculations for the size of the pup class in 1947 from tag recoveries -- Appendix G. Serial photography on the Pribilofs.