Making extinction personal was the goal of whale biologist Eva Saulitis when she wrote her new book “Into Great Silence.” Saulitis has studied Prince William Sound Orcas for more than two decades. Her memoir is an intimate look at the sentient creatures and the threats to their existence. Saulitis says she worked in a remote hatchery in her early 20s and was drawn to the secret life of whales.
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