02644nam 2200697 a 450 991045152860332120200520144314.00-19-756220-51-281-15642-697866111564280-19-803811-91-4356-0952-2(CKB)1000000000409218(EBL)415736(OCoLC)252687214(SSID)ssj0001039007(PQKBManifestationID)12487385(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001039007(PQKBWorkID)11057797(PQKB)10168464(SSID)ssj0000240462(PQKBManifestationID)11185657(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000240462(PQKBWorkID)10267546(PQKB)11740940(MiAaPQ)EBC415736(StDuBDS)EDZ0002341471(Au-PeEL)EBL415736(CaPaEBR)ebr10197117(CaONFJC)MIL115642(EXLCZ)99100000000040921820061124d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSacred sea[electronic resource] a journey to Lake Baikal /Peter ThomsonOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20071 online resource (335 p.)Oxford scholarship onlinePreviously issued in print: 2007.0-19-538733-3 0-19-517051-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. 288-308) and index.AUTHOR'S NOTE; CONTENTS; PROLOGUE: Blagopoluchnoe; PART ONE: THE SACRED SEA; PART TWO: 180°; PART THREE: BAIKAL, TOO, MUST WORK; EPILOGUE: The Great Baikal Chain; AFTERWORD; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ILLUSTRATION CREDITS; SOURCE NOTES AND FURTHER READING; INDEXSiberia'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.Oxford scholarship online.Natural historyRussia (Federation)Baikal, LakeBaikal, Lake (Russia)Description and travelElectronic books.Natural history508.47Thomson Peter167015MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451528603321Sacred sea1214315UNINA