{"product_id":"journeys-in-the-wild-by-gavin-thurston-9781841883113","title":"Journeys in the Wild","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Gavin's book is extraordinary: his easy prose and gasp-making encounters make for a gripping and very funny read. It's a rollercoaster ride with a complete professional. I loved it.' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eJOANNA LUMLEY\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'[Gavin is] a great cameraman with infinite patience, but also a writer with great powers of observation and expression. Brilliant!'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eALAN TITCHMARSH\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom Gavin Thurston, the award-winning \u003ci\u003eBLUE PLANET II\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePLANET EARTH II\u003c\/i\u003e cameraman, with a foreword by Sir David Attenborough, comes extraordinary and adventurous true stories of what it takes to track down and film our planet's most captivating creatures.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGavin has been a wildlife photographer for over thirty years. Against a backdrop of modern world history, he's lurked in the shadows of some of the world's remotest places in order to capture footage of the animal kingdom's finest: prides of lions, silverback gorillas, capuchin monkeys, brown bears, grey whales, penguins, mosquitoes - you name it, he's filmed it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom journeys to the deepest depths of the Antarctic Ocean and the wide expanse of the Saharan deserts, to the peaks of the Himalayas and the wild forests of the Congo, Gavin's experiences describe much more than just the incredible array of animals he's filmed. He invites you to come inside the cameraman's hidden world and discover the hours spent patiently waiting for the protagonists to appear; the inevitable dangers in the wings and the challenges faced and overcome; and the heart-warming, life-affirming moments the cameras miss as well as capture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46844313239788,"sku":"9781841883113","price":27.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/21730163482843.jpg?v=1758834075","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/journeys-in-the-wild-by-gavin-thurston-9781841883113","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}