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From Mexico to the Arctic ice, grey whale mothers swim with their calves.
Following them, by bus, train and ferry, are Doreen and her toddler Max, in pursuit of a wild hope.
Doreen first visited Alaska as a young journalist reporting on climate change among indigenous whaling communities.
There, drawn deeply into an Inupiaq family, she joined the bowhead whale hunt, watching for polar bears under the never-ending light.
Years later, now a single mother living in a hostel, Doreen embarks on this extraordinary journey: following the grey whale migration back to the Arctic, where greys and bowheads meet at the melting apex of our planet.
‘Soundings got under my skin. I finished it in tears’ – Amy Liptrot
‘What a voice! What a book!’ – Charles Foster
‘Soulful, honest, insightful, humane and propulsive’ – Jini Reddy
‘Thrilling, passionate and tender-hearted’ – Helen Jukes
‘Beautiful…Justifies its place alongside nature writing classics such as H is for Hawk’ – New Statesman
‘Fascinating’ – Guardian Top