Wild Ocean: A Journey to the Earth’s Last Wild Coasts

From the acclaimed wildlife photographers and authors of the international bestseller Wild Land comes a remarkable new project four years in the making. Peter and Beverly Pickford’s Wild Ocean: A Journey to the Earth’s Last Wild Coasts is an unforgettable portrait of some of the earth’s remaining wild marine environments and shorelines.

In a time where overfishing, overuse, pollution and global warming has plunged much of the world’s oceans into despair, the Pickfords set out to highlight what humanity stands to lose – by showing the astonishing beauty of what, for now, is alive and thriving.

Magnificent photographs reveal untouched marine habitats and dynamic coastal habitats, from South Africa’s Transkei Wild Coast and the vast tern flocks of the Seychelles, to the endangered whale sharks of Australia’s Ningaloo Coast and the icy waters of Alaska and British Columbia’s southwest coast. Experience the steamy rainforests of central America and Cuba’s protected Jardines de la Reina, the legendary diversity of the Galápagos Islands, the deep-water reefs of the South Pacific’s Coral Triangle, the polar bear realms of the Arctic, and the penguins, seals and whales of South Georgia Island and Antarctica.

A fascinating text details the photographers’ unbelievable journey through some of the planet’s most pristine waters, while issuing a vital call to action: that we must all play a part in protecting these wild oceans for the sake of their future – and ours.