Contents: Foreword (pages9) Borneo : the infinite tapestry (pages13) The pale rim around her wings (pages17) South Georgia : on the edge of Antarctica (pages55) To ride the black gales of winter (pages59) Hawaii : the farthest paradise (pages91) The first to arrive (pages95) Madagascar : Gondwana's ark (pages125) Nowhere in the world but here (pages129) Okavango : the gift of a river (pages161) Awaiting the return of the rain (pages165) Acknowledgments and additional reading (pages198) Index (pages200)
