How to Read Water: Clues and Patterns from Puddles to the Sea

How to Read Water: Clues and Patterns from Puddles to the Sea

<b>A <i>New York Times</i> Bestseller<br /> A <i>Forbes</i> Top 10 Conservation and Environment Book of 2016</b><br /><br /><b>Read the sea like a Viking and interpret ponds like a Polynesian—with a little help from the “natural navigator”!</b><br />  <br /> In his eye-opening books <i>The Lost Art of Reading Nature’s Signs</i> and <i>The Natural Navigator</i>, Tristan Gooley helped readers reconnect with nature by finding direction from the trees, stars, clouds, and more. Now, he turns his attention to our most abundant—yet perhaps least understood—resource.<br />  <br /> Distilled from his far-flung adventures—sailing solo across the Atlantic, navigating with Omani tribespeople, canoeing in Borneo, and walking in his own backyard—Gooley shares hundreds of techniques in <i>How to Read Water</i>. Readers will:<br />  <ul><li>Find north using puddles</li><li>Forecast the weather from waves</li><li>Decode the colors of ponds</li><li>Spot dangerous water in the dark</li><li>Decipher wave patterns on beaches, and more!</li></ul>