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The Great Soul of Siberia: In Search of the Elusive Siberian Tiger
Sooyong Park
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Description for The Great Soul of Siberia: In Search of the Elusive Siberian Tiger
Paperback. There are five races of tiger on our planet and all but one live in tropical regions: the Siberian Tiger Panthera tigris altaica is the exception. Mysterious and elusive, and with only 350 remaining in the wild, the Siberian tiger remains a complete enigma. One man has set out to change this. Num Pages: 288 pages, (16-page plate section), Index. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; WNCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 21. Weight in Grams: 232.
There are five races of tiger on our planet and all but one live in tropical regions: the Siberian Tiger Panthera tigris altaica is the exception. Mysterious and elusive, and with only 350 remaining in the wild, the Siberian tiger remains a complete enigma. One man has set out to change this. Sooyong Park has spent twenty years tracking and observing these elusive tigers. Each year he spends six months braving sub-zero temperatures, buried in grave-like underground bunkers, fearlessly immersing himself in the lives of Siberian tigers. As he watches the brutal, day-to-day struggle to survive the ... Read more
There are five races of tiger on our planet and all but one live in tropical regions: the Siberian Tiger Panthera tigris altaica is the exception. Mysterious and elusive, and with only 350 remaining in the wild, the Siberian tiger remains a complete enigma. One man has set out to change this. Sooyong Park has spent twenty years tracking and observing these elusive tigers. Each year he spends six months braving sub-zero temperatures, buried in grave-like underground bunkers, fearlessly immersing himself in the lives of Siberian tigers. As he watches the brutal, day-to-day struggle to survive the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
231g
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780008156176
SKU
V9780008156176
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Ref
99-29
About Sooyong Park
Sooyong Park is an award-winning documentary filmmaker who has devoted over twenty years to studying and filming Siberian tigers. His groundbreaking tiger research was the subject of the film Siberian Tiger Quest. When not in Siberia, he lives in Seoul, Korea. Based on his philosophy that `nature is to be observed, not directed', his work involves unimaginable ... Read more
Reviews for The Great Soul of Siberia: In Search of the Elusive Siberian Tiger
Praise for The Great Soul of Siberia: `If you read one nature book this year, make it this one.' Mark Cocker, Spectator `Wonderful ... deserves to become a classic of wildlife literature.' The Times `A wonderful evocation of the land and the habits of the desperately endangered Siberian tiger.' Independent ... Read more