Swimming away from sharks, defending a tent during mini-cyclone and being threatened with a pet dingo are all in a day’s work for Professor Rob Brander, coastal geomorphologist at UNSW Sydney.
A new collection of coastal research fieldwork stories reveals the exciting – and sometimes life-threatening – tales behind the science.
Our love of history is a jealous one that seeks to control the story and license those permitted to write it, writes Christopher Kremmer.
