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A review by timgrubbs
The Outlaw Ocean: Journeys Across the Last Untamed Frontier by Ian Urbina
5.0
A brutal chronicle of modern life on the high seas particularly in international water…
The Outlaw Ocean by Ian Urbina is an extensive look at how untamed and dangerous the oceans can be…to the point that it sometimes seem “if it happened in international waters, then it stays in international waters”.
Journalist Ian Urbina breaks down many of the modern ways that ocean travel is taken for granted and utilize to maintain various economies and livelihoods around the world.
Showing it warts and all, some of these chapters will be heart breaking as high seas slavery continues to be an all too real issue with several economies.
Meanwhile, I found the section devoted to primate military contractors stationed in international waters to be highly fascinating, including how unruly and lawless they can sometimes become…almost comparable to the pirates they are tasked with combating.
Industrial fishing is by far the most grim area which the book covers (and the main reason i originally picked it up). Various official and unofficial organizations which brutally harvest the life from the oceans and how terribly they profit from it (often using employees that are brutalized by the system themselves) will probably make you lose hope for humanity’s right to survive on this planet.
Read at your own risk.
The Outlaw Ocean by Ian Urbina is an extensive look at how untamed and dangerous the oceans can be…to the point that it sometimes seem “if it happened in international waters, then it stays in international waters”.
Journalist Ian Urbina breaks down many of the modern ways that ocean travel is taken for granted and utilize to maintain various economies and livelihoods around the world.
Showing it warts and all, some of these chapters will be heart breaking as high seas slavery continues to be an all too real issue with several economies.
Meanwhile, I found the section devoted to primate military contractors stationed in international waters to be highly fascinating, including how unruly and lawless they can sometimes become…almost comparable to the pirates they are tasked with combating.
Industrial fishing is by far the most grim area which the book covers (and the main reason i originally picked it up). Various official and unofficial organizations which brutally harvest the life from the oceans and how terribly they profit from it (often using employees that are brutalized by the system themselves) will probably make you lose hope for humanity’s right to survive on this planet.
Read at your own risk.