Through in-the-field adventures of real National Geographic researcher and photographers, this book brings kids face to face with whales - out of the aquarium, out of the library, and into the wild.[...]
It all started in 1965 with a guy riding a whale. The guy was Flip Nicklin's father, Chuck, and the whale was an unlucky Bryde's Whale that had gotten caught up in some anchor line. Hoping to free the whale, Chuck and some friends took their boat as near as they could, and, just before they cut it l[...]
Flip Nicklin is widely considered one of the foremost dolphin and whale photographers in the world, and he has contributed to 20 National Geographic Magazine articles. In "Face to Face with Whales", with the help of his wife and partner, Linda Nicklin, he shares his exciting underwater adventures an[...]