The frayed Atlantic edge : a historian's journey from Shetland to the Channel / David Gange.

London : William Collins, 2020.

xii, 388 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (colour), maps (black and white) ; 20 cm

Originally published: 2019.
Includes bibliographical references and index.

After two decades exploring the Western coast and mountains of the British Isles, the historian and nature writer David Gange set out to travel the seaboard in the course of a year. This coastline spans just 800 miles as the crow flies, but the complex folds of its firths and headlands stretch more than ten-thousand. Even those who circumnavigate Britain by kayak tend to follow the shortest route; the purpose of this journey was to discover these coastlines by seeking out the longest. Travelling by kayak, on foot and at the end of a rope, Gange encounters wildcats, basking sharks, and vast colonies of seabirds, as well as rich and diverse coastal communities.

Highland Book Prize 2019

9780008225148 (pbk)

914.1'048612
914.1048612

English

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