{"product_id":"the-oil-man-and-the-sea-navigating-the-northern-gateway-9781771001076","title":"The Oil Man and the Sea: Navigating the Northern Gateway","description":"A sailing trip along the proposed Northern Gateway marine route with a fresh new voice in non-fiction. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith oil and gas behemoth Enbridge Inc.'s Northern Gateway proposal nearing approval, supertankers loaded with two million barrels of oil may soon be plying the waters from northern British Columbia down the wild Pacific Coast. This region is home to the largest tract of temperate rainforest on earth, First Nations who have lived there for millennia, and some of the world's most biodiverse waters--one spill is all it will take to erase ten thousand years of evolution. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eArno Kopecky and his companions travel aboard a forty-one-foot sailboat exploring the pristine route--a profoundly volatile marine environment that registered 1,275 marine vessel incidents--mechanical failures, collisions, explosions, groundings, and sinkings--between 1999 and 2009 alone. Neither Kopecky nor the boat's owner have ever sailed before, yet they brave these waters alone when their captain leaves them part way through the journey. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten with Kopecky's quick humor and deft touch, this is a rich evocation of a mythic place and the ecology, culture, and history of a legendary region with a knife at its throat.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-6825070\"\u003eArno Kopecky\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Douglas \u0026amp; McIntyre\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/19\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781771001076\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1771001070\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-TRV\"\u003eTravel\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-TRV006050\"\u003eCanada | Western Provinces (AB, BC)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-NAT\"\u003eNature\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-NAT011000\"\u003eEnvironmental Conservation \u0026amp; Protection | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-TRV\"\u003eTravel\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-TRV010000\"\u003eEssays \u0026amp; Travelogues\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eArno Kopecky\u003c\/b\u003e is a journalist and travel writer whose dispatches have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Walrus\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eForeign Policy\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMaclean's\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eTyee\u003c\/i\u003e, Kenya's \u003ci\u003eDaily Nation\u003c\/i\u003e and other publications. His work focuses on human rights, the environment, and globalization. Kopecky has covered civil uprisings in Mexico, cyclones in Burma, Iceland's attempt to become the first oil-free nation on earth, Zimbabwe's thirty-year dictatorship, and election violence in Kenya. He lives in Squamish, BC.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Douglas \u0026 McIntyre","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43317263007981,"sku":"9781771001076","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_c6561c76-080c-45c8-8ffc-68dae4953b43.jpg?v=1663137497","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/the-oil-man-and-the-sea-navigating-the-northern-gateway-9781771001076","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}