The Shark and the Albatross

by John Acheson

For twenty years John Aitchison has been traveling the world to film wildlife for a variety of international TV shows, taking him to far-away places on every continent. The Shark and the Albatross is the story of these journeys of discovery, of his encounters with animals and occasional enterprising individuals in remote and sometimes dangerous places. His destinations include the far north and the far south, from Svalbard, Alaska, the remote Atlantic island of South Georgia, and the Antarctic, to the wild places of India, China, and the United States. In all he finds and describes key moments in the lives of animals, among them polar bears and penguins, seals and whales, sharks and birds, and wolves and lynxes. John Aitchison reveals what happens behind the scenes and beyond the camera. He explains the practicalities and challenges of the filming process, and the problems of survival in perilous places. He records touching moments and dramatic incidents, some ending in success, others desperately sad. There are times when a hunted animal triumphs against the odds, and others when, in spite of preparation for every outcome, disaster strikes. And, as the author shows in several incidents that combine nail-biting tension with hair-raising hilarity, disaster can strike for film-makers too.

265 pages, Paperback

Published August 1, 2016

Reviews

[Xin · Rating 4 out of 5]

我还是很愿意给一个4星的。
内容是很熟悉的译制腔，但质量很高。看完后给人一种「看了一部用文字写成的纪录片」的感受。
不过必须吐槽：Goodreads能把这本书合并到原作者的页面下去吗？
作者貌似是John Aitchison而非John Acheson吧——甚至作者自己都有Goodreads账户，上面也有他的书。看上去现在这样是录入时的锅，不过这里中文用户本身也不多，而这种问题处理起来也有点复杂，所以好吧。