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Title:
Reading the glass : a captain's view of weather, water, and life on ships
Author:
Rappaport, Elliot, author.
ISBN:
9780593185056
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Physical Description:
viii, 323 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Abstract:
A professional captain of traditional sailing ships who has spent thirty years at sea offers a sailor's-eye-view of the moving parts of our atmosphere, unveiling the larger patterns it holds: global winds, storms, air masses, jet streams, and the longer arc of our climate.
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