Sacred sea : a journey to Lake Baikal
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Sacred sea : a journey to Lake Baikal
Oxford University Press, 2007
大学図書館所蔵 全2件
  青森
  岩手
  宮城
  秋田
  山形
  福島
  茨城
  栃木
  群馬
  埼玉
  千葉
  東京
  神奈川
  新潟
  富山
  石川
  福井
  山梨
  長野
  岐阜
  静岡
  愛知
  三重
  滋賀
  京都
  大阪
  兵庫
  奈良
  和歌山
  鳥取
  島根
  岡山
  広島
  山口
  徳島
  香川
  愛媛
  高知
  福岡
  佐賀
  長崎
  熊本
  大分
  宮崎
  鹿児島
  沖縄
  韓国
  中国
  タイ
  イギリス
  ドイツ
  スイス
  フランス
  ベルギー
  オランダ
  スウェーデン
  ノルウェー
  アメリカ
注記
Includes bibliographical references (p. 288-308) and index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
"Absoliutno blagopoluchnoe ozero Baikal!" the Russian scientist looking out over the great lake says. "Lake Baikal is Perfect!" And humans can never harm it.
For a man cut loose from his life in the U.S., Lake Baikal-Siberia's sacred inland sea-becomes a place of pilgrimage, the focal point of a 25,000-mile journey by land and sea in search of connection, permanence, restoration and hope.
Following a difficult divorce, veteran environmental journalist Peter Thomson sets off from Boston with his younger brother for one of nature's most remarkable creations, in one of the farthest corners of the planet. Lake Baikal, a gargantuan crack in the Siberian plateau, is the world's largest body of fresh water, its deepest and oldest lake, and a cauldron of evolution, home to hundreds of unique creatures, including the world's only freshwater seal. It's also among the most pristine lakes
on earth, with a mythical ability to protect itself from the growing human impact-a "perfect," self-cleansing ecosystem.
A trip halfway around the world by train, cargo ship and rubber raft brings the brothers to a place of sublime beauty, deep history and immense natural power. But at Baikal they also find ominous signs that this perfect piece of nature could yet succumb to the even more powerful forces of human hubris, carelessness and ignorance. They find that despite its isolation, Baikal is connected to everything else on Earth, and that it will need the love and devotion of people around the world to
protect it.
On their trek to and from Siberia the author and his brother also encounter a stream of people who are also lonely, displaced and yearning for something beyond the limits of their own lives, but many of whom are also big-hearted and deeply connected to their own communities and the world around them. What begins as a search for restoration in nature becomes as well a discovery of the restorative power of trust, faith and human connection.
目次
- Author's Note
- Prologue: Blagopoluchnoe
- Part One: The Sacred Sea
- 1. A Flash of Blue Light
- 2. Songs and Whispers
- 3. The Earth Splits, Water Rushes In
- 4. Into the Lake-Shallow
- 5. Into the Lake-Deep
- 6. Buryatia, in Black & White and Color
- 7. On the Trail with Pod Boy and Monkey Mind
- 8. Bad Roads are Good for Baikal
- 9. Traveling and Staying Home
- Part Two: 180@
- 10. The Long Way Home
- 11. The Great Circle
- 12. Zigzag to Russia
- 13. Power in the East
- 14. Across the Sleeping Land
- 15. Angels & Ghosts in Irkutsk
- Part Three: Baikal, Too, Must Work
- 16. One of the Best Enterprises in Russia
- 17. Righteousness, Uncertainty and the Point of No Return
- 18. Connecting the Dots
- 19. Dr. Hope and Dr. Despair
- 20. Blind Love is a Dangerous Thing
- 21. 360@
- Epilogue: The Great Baikal Chain
- Acknowledgments
- Illustration Credits
- Source Notes and Further Reading
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