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Beasts of the Sea
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"As deep and profound as the sea itself" Philip Hoare 1741. The crew of Vitus Bering's ill-starred Great Northern Expedition are shipwrecked off a remote, uncharted island. With no hope of rescue, they give in to despair. Until they discover the flesh of a huge marine...
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Beasts of the Sea
From frozen Arctic seas to a Russian colony on American soil. A stunning debut that explores the lives touched by one of history's most intriguing extinct animals.
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"As deep and profound as the sea itself" Philip Hoare
1741. The crew of Vitus Bering's ill-starred Great Northern Expedition are shipwrecked off a remote, uncharted island. With no hope of rescue, they give in to despair. Until they discover the flesh of a huge marine mammal that feeds in herds on the kelp in the bay.
1859. The Russian colony of Alaska is on the brink of collapse. Governor Hampus Furuhjelm takes solace in the quest for a unique artefact: a complete skeleton of what is now known as Steller's Sea Cow, rumoured to have disappeared a hundred years before.
Even extinct, the sea cow will continue to shape lives and destinies, from the woman charged with sketching its likeness from its bones, to the expert egg restorer who will refurbish those same bones a century later.
A tribute to an iconic lost creature, and an adventure through three centuries of scientific exploration, Beasts of the Sea charts the unseen consequences of grand human ambitions and the urge to resurrect what we, in our ignorance, have destroyed.
Translated from the Finnish by David Hackston
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781529438307
Publisher: Quercus Publishing
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 23 October 2025
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: MacLehose Press
Contributors:
- Translated by David Hackston
- Translated by David Hackston
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 135.0mm
Height: 216.0mm
Weight: 287g
Pages: 288
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About the Author
IIDA TURPEINEN (b. 1987) is a Helsinki-based literary scholar currently writing a dissertation on the intersection of the natural sciences and literature. As an author, she is intrigued by the literary potential of scientific research and by the offbeat anecdotes and meanderings from the history of science. Turpeinen's short stories exploring the relationship between humans and animals won the J. H. Erkko Young Writers' Competition in 2014. Her debut novel, Beasts of the Sea (2023) is the winner of the Helsingin Sanomat Prize 2023, and shortlisted for the Finlandia Award 2023.
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