Into the Great Wide Ocean: Life in the Least Known Habitat on Earth

"Biologist Sönke Johnsen weaves his story of ocean discovery with fascinating explanations of the challenges that have shaped ocean animals into the often beautiful, sometimes hideous creatures we are feverishly working to learn from. This book will feed your curiosity, introduce you to the denizens of the deep and make you laugh. Dive in!"---Karen Osborn, Smithsonian Magazine "If you remember being a child and at some point thinking, 'I want to be a marine biologist when I grow up,' Sönke Johnsen’s Into the Great Wide Ocean is for you. . . . You’re bound to come away from this one with a host of cool new facts in your arsenal."---Cheyenne Macdonald, Engadget "Johnsen deftly, humorously, lovingly combines his childhood awe [of the ocean] and his many discoveries--both marine and human--delving into the deep blue seas. . . . Compelling tidbits appear on almost every page."---Terry Hong, Shelf Awareness "A pleasing excursion into the deep." * Kirkus Reviews * "A compelling work of oceanography. . . . [The] prose is intelligent and filled with wonder."---Chloe Clark, Foreword Reviews "Most of us don’t have any idea about what it’s like to be a scientist in the middle of the open ocean, and we are even more challenged to imagine what it’s like to spend a life entirely underwater. . . . Johnsen’s detailed personal experiences put us there for a little while. His intimate descriptions of pelagic organisms achieve his stated goal: 'Before we as scientists can ask people to preserve this important and fragile habitat, we need to show them that it’s there and the beauty of what lives in it.'"---Kelly Sutherland, American Scientist "A worthwhile contribution to ocean literature. The author successfully connects scientific research and public comprehension, encouraging awareness of the deep sea and its inhabitants." * Sevenseas Media *