Carl Safina a MacArthur Fellow Pew Fellow and 2000 winner of a Lannan award for literature is the president of the Blue Ocean Institute. His Song for the Blue Ocean "a was selected as a New York Times Notable Book of the year a Los Angeles Times Best Nonfiction Selection and a Library Journal Best Science Book Selection

"Safina delivers a message full of wonder at the natural world and concern about the fragility of his subject . . . He cannot contain his delight in birds fish and the profusion of life on the islands he visits." The New York Times Book Review "A beautiful awe-inspiring tableau of our world as you've never seen it . . . a moving depiction of how interconnected life on this planet truly is." The Christian Science Monitor "Thought-provoking witty and beautifully written . . . This is an honest first-person account of field biology in action." American Scientist

"One of the most delightful natural history studies in decades." The Boston Globe Eye of the Albatross takes us soaring to locales where whales sea turtles penguins and shearwaters flourish in their own quotidian rhythms. Carl Safina's guide and inspiration is an albatross he calls Amelia whose life and far-flung flights he describes in fascinating detail. Interwoven with recollections of whalers and famous explorers Eye of the Albatross probes the unmistakable environmental impact of the encounters between man and marine life. Safina's perceptive and authoritative portrait results in a transforming ride to the ends of the Earth for the reader as well as an eye-opening look at the health of our oceans.