Book for Cruisers

New Book from popular cruise lecturer - Sabin Robbins

Sabin Robbins, a former National Geographic writer, zoo society director, and cruise ship lecturer has written a one-of-a-kind guidebook about such ocean wonders as whales, dolphins, sharks, seabirds, pirates, and even sea monsters and sea mysteries.

Each illustrated chapter recreates a popular cruise lecture that ranks highest in interest and enjoyment based on passenger surveys.

You’ll discover- without getting wet- what it feels like to pet a whale, how dolphins sleep, and that some seabirds can actually count how many fish they catch. You’ll find out if sharks are really the most dangerous of all predators; if real pirates were as glamorous as books and movies portray; and whether the Bermuda Triangle is a natural or supernatural force that swallows ships and sailors.

Robbins recounts remarkable wildlife stories. How an angry 80-foot sperm whale rammed and sank a 238-ton whaling ship. And in contrast, how four divers risked their lives to save a drowning 50-foot whale by cutting off a dozen entangling crab traps and yards of rope. When the whale was finally free, she swam to each diver and nuzzled him as if to thank them before swimming away. Or how a dolphin safely led ships thru a shallow, dangerous channel for 24 years.

Then there was Andrea Lyons who so loved her pet shark, Archie, that she married him. Explained Andrea, “As far as I’m concerned, he’s one helluva catch.”

As Robbins writes, “We live on a planet that is 70% covered with water- home to most of our wildlife that is increasingly threatened. So hopefully this book will increase cruisers’ appreciation of ocean wonders. Because in the end, we will conserve only what we love. We will love only what we understand. And we will understand only what we learn and experience.”

Read the whole first chapter about The Secret Life of Whales at Prow's Edge Cruise Magazine or purchase the book at Amazon.com