Shark Drunk: The Art of Catching a Large Shark from a Tiny Rubber Dinghy in a Big Ocean
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| Rating | : | 4.40 (638 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B0721NT35M |
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| Number of Pages | : | 185 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-06-29 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
But the shark is not just known for its size alone: Its meat contains a toxin that, when consumed, has been known to make people drunk and hallucinatory. At 26 feet in length and weighing more than a ton, it is truly a beast to behold. Winner of the Norwegian Brage Prize 2015Winner of the Norwegian Critics' Prize for Literature 2015Winner of the Norwegian Reine Ord Prize at Lofoten International Literature Festival 2016A salty story of friendship, adventure, and the explosive life that teems beneath the o
"A pleasant surprise!!" according to featherlashes. Shark Drunk: The Art of Catching a Large Shark from a Tiny Rubber Dinghy in a Big Ocean was quite the pleasant surprise. I thought 8+ hours of audiobook was a bit long to listen about someone catching a shark but this endeavor is only the background music to what ended up being a plethora of perspective and education about the sea and all the life that inhabits it.I've stated on other reviews that the ocean is my favorite place to be in th. "so informative" according to Alison D D. The Lofoten Islands in Norway is the beautiful setting for this book. Best friends Morten Strøksnes, (author) and Hugo Aasjord, an artist, have decided that they need to try and catch a Greenland shark, which can be up to 26 feet long and weigh a ton, from a small inflatable dinghy.I don't know if I would have picked out this book if it wasn't offered to me as I am not really interested in fishing and am a bit scared of the ocean, b. "Norse" according to Stephen Balbach. `Shark Drunk` is an outdoor travel memoir by a Norwegian author that won some awards in 2015. Translations are now appearing in Spanish, German and English. It uses modern techniques of creative non-fiction with the mystery element being the elusive Greenland shark which the author is attempting to catch in the Fjords of Norway, specifically the Lofoten region which is remote and traditional. Along the way we learn about the history, fauna