title: Ocean Notorious: Journeys to Lost and Lonely Places of the Deep South
author: Matt Vance
description: <div>&quot;If you find the prospect of leaving your comfort zone daunting, fear not. <I>Ocean Notorious</I> allows readers to vicariously experience the Southern Ocean in all its moods without leaving the comfort of their armchairs.&quot; &mdash;Chris Moore, <I>The Listener</I></div><br /><br /><div>&quot;Vance writes beautifully. Anyone who has been to the places he describes will agree that he evokes them well.&quot; &mdash;David Barnes, <I>FMC Bulletin</I></div><br /><br /><div>&quot;I totally enjoyed this book &ndash; full of observation and history, and woven with wry humour like all great travel writing.&quot; &mdash;Mike Single, natural history film-maker</div><br /><br /><div>&quot;Beautifully written and immensely satisfying.&quot; &mdash;Rebecca Priestley, author and winner, Royal Society Science Book of the Year Prize</div>
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  _I have felt many times there a sense of place as powerful as if it were
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