Primorye, a remote forested region near to where Russia, China and
North Korea meet in a tangle of barbed wire, is the only place where
brown bears, tigers and leopards co-exist. It is also home to one of
nature's rarest birds, the Blakiston's fish owl.
A chance
encounter with this huge, strange bird was to change wildlife researcher
Jonathan C. Slaght's life beyond measure. This is the story of
Slaght's quest to safeguard the elusive owl from extinction.
During months-long journeys covering thousands of miles, he has pursued
it through its forbidding territory. He has spent time with the Russians
who struggle on in the harsh conditions of the taiga forest. And he has
observed how Russia's logging interests and evolving fortunes present
new threats to the owl's survival.
Preserving its habitats will
secure the forest for future generations, both animal and human - but
can this battle be won? Exhilarating and clear-sighted, Owls of the
Eastern Ice is an impassioned reflection on our relationship with the
natural world and on what it means to devote one's career to a single
pursuit. 'Slaght makes the people, wildlife and landscape of the
Russian Far East come alive. I haven't enjoyed a book on remote Russia
as much as this since Ian Frazier's Travels in Siberia' Sophy Roberts,
author of The Lost Pianos of Siberia'True epic. Powerful, passionate' Charles Foster, author of Being a Beast
Owls of the Eastern Ice : The Quest to Find and Save the World's Largest Owl - Jonathan C. Slaght
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