Reading the Glass: A Captain's View of Weather, Water, and Life on Ships (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0B623M29F | 2023 | 9 hours and 49 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 287 MB
Author: Elliot Rappaport
Narrator: Greg Tremblay
A sea captain's beautifully written tour of our planet, our oceans, and our ever-changing atmosphere. What's in a cloud? Did you know that water vapor is invisible and actually lighter than dry air? What separates a tropical storm from a winter blizzard? And what exactly is El Niño? Elliot Rappaport, a professional captain of traditional sailing ships, has spent three decades at sea, where understanding weather is crucial to the safety of vessels and their crews. In Reading the Glass, he offers a sailor's-eye view of the moving parts of our atmosphere and unveils the larger patterns it holds: global winds, storms, air masses, jet streams, and the longer arc of our climate. Written in stunning prose, brimming with wisdom, curiosity, and humor, Reading the Glass brilliantly blends science and memoir to reveal how weather has shaped our oceans, our history, and ourselves.