Description A Sailors Stories of Weather. Told through a series of tall ship voyages, Reading the Glass takes readers from the icy seas of Greenland to the Roaring Forties, places where one can experience all four seasons in an hour. He navigates the turbulent waters of the Straight of Gibraltar, en route to storied port cities of the Mediteranean. In the vast Pacific he crosses the equator, where heat, moisture, and unsettled winds churn out powerfull squalls, and drops anchor in isolated ports of call. He explores wide swathes of ocean to explain how the trade winds have carried ships westward for centuries, and how ancient Polynesian explorers pushed back the other way. Written in stunning prose, brimming with wisdom, curiousity, and humour, Reading The Glass brilliantly blends science and memoir to reveal how weather has shaped our oceans, our history, and ourselves.
