There are few remaining frontiers on our planet. But perhaps the wildest, and least understood, are the world’s oceans: too big to police, and under no clear international authority, these immense regions of treacherous water play host to rampant criminality and exploitation. Traffickers and smugglers, pirates and mercenaries, wreck thieves and repo men, vigilante conservationists and elusive poachers, seabound abortion providers, clandestine oil-dumpers, shackled slaves and cast-adrift stowaways—drawing on five years of perilous and intrepid reporting, often hundreds of miles from shore, Ian Urbina introduces us to the inhabitants of this hidden world. Through their stories of astonishing courage and brutality, survival and tragedy, he uncovers a globe-spanning network of crime and exploitation that emanates from the fishing, oil and shipping industries, and on which the world’s economies rely.
“Appendix: Reining in the Outlaw Ocean.” Notes. Further reading. Black-and-white photographs.
Title alpha The Outlaw Ocean: Journeys Across the Last Untamed Frontier
Level Adult Crossover Nonfiction Plus
Pages Count 560
Genre Nonfiction
Topics Travel. Fisheries’ corrupt practices. Law of the sea. Oceania. Ocean. Adventure. Asia. True crime. Maritime life. Shipping. Illegal fishing. Human trafficking. Smuggling. Conservationists.
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SRC Points 0.000000
Lexile na
Trim Size 9 1/4" x 6 1/4"
JLG Span Winter
Language English
Rights type Print
Publication date 2019-08-19
JLG Release Date Dec 2019
Minimum grade 11
Maximum grade 12
Reading level High
Format Print
Adult Crossover Nonfiction Plus (Grades 11 & Up)
Adult Crossover Nonfiction Plus
Adult Crossover Nonfiction Plus (Grades 11 & Up)
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