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Sacred sea : a journey to Lake Baikal /

Siberia's immense and threatened "Sacred Sea", Lake Baikal, is the magnet that draws a veteran environmental journalist and his brother around the world and back by train and boat. On this classic journey of discovery, the author takes the measure of the planet, humanity, Russia and h...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Thomson, Peter (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020.
Subjects:
Thomson, Peter > Travel > Russia (Federation) > Baikal, Lake.
Natural history > Russia (Federation) > Baikal, Lake.
Baikal, Lake (Russia) > Description and travel.
Sciences naturelles > Russie > Baïkal, Lac.
Baïkal, Lac (Russie) > Descriptions et voyages.
Natural history
Travel
Russia (Federation) > Lake Baikal
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Siberia's immense and threatened "Sacred Sea", Lake Baikal, is the magnet that draws a veteran environmental journalist and his brother around the world and back by train and boat. On this classic journey of discovery, the author takes the measure of the planet, humanity, Russia and his own self as reflected in the world's greatest lake.
Item Description:Previously issued in print: 2007.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xi, 320 pages) : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white).
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780197562208 (ebook)
0197562205 (ebook)