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The (Big) Year That Flew By: Twelve Months, Six Continents, And The Ultimate Birding Record
Chelsea Green Publishing
ISBN13:
9781645021919
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$20.41
An epic tale of one passionate birders record-breaking adventure through 40 countries over 6 continentsin just one yearto see over 7,000 bird species, rare and common, before many go extinct. When Arjan Dwarshuis first heard of the Big Yearthe legendary record for birdwatchinghe was twenty years old, it was midnight, and he was sitting on the roof of a truck in the Andean Mountains. In that moment he promised himself that, someday, somehow, he would become a world-record-holding birder. Ten years later, he embarked on an incredible, arduous, and perilous journey that took him around the globe; over uninhabited islands, through dense unforgiving rainforests, across snowy mountain peaks and unrelenting desertsin just a single year. Would he survive? Would he be able to break the Big Year record, navigating through a world filled with shifting climate and geopolitical challenges? The (Big) Year that Flew By is an unforgettable, personal exploration of the limits of human potential when engaging with the natural world. It is a book about birds and birding and Arjans attempts to raise awareness for critically endangered species, but it is also a book about overcoming mental challenges, extreme physical danger, and human competition and fully realizing your passions through nature, adventure, and conservation.
- | Author: Arjan Dwarshuis
- | Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing
- | Publication Date: May 04, 2023
- | Number of Pages: 256 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 1645021912
- | ISBN-13: 9781645021919
- Author:
- Arjan Dwarshuis
- Publisher:
- Chelsea Green Publishing
- Publication Date:
- May 04, 2023
- Number of pages:
- 256 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Paperback
- ISBN-10:
- 1645021912
- ISBN-13:
- 9781645021919