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Three years ago, David and Janet Carle, authors of the new book Traveling the 38th Parallel, embarked on the trip of a lifetime. The former state park rangers from Mono Lake, California journeyed around the world along the 38th parallel in search of water-related environmental and cultural intersections. We’ve followed their adventures before here on the UC Press [more...]  David and Janet Carle We rejoin our intrepid adventurers, David and Janet Carle as they travel the 38th Parallel seeking water-related environmental and cultural connections. Their book, THE 38th PARALLEL: A WATER LINE AROUND THE WORLD will be published in 2012. They have crossed the U.S., Europe, Turkey, Turkmenistan, China, and Korea, and will be [more...] Last time we checked in with David and Janet Carle, the two had followed the 38th parallel along the path of the Yellow River, from Yinchuan, near Inner Mongolia, to Xining in western China, home of the country’s largest lake, Qinghai. Now, they report back from their trek through China’s Uighur region, along the Southern Silk [more...] Since our last update, David and Janet Carle have followed the 38th parallel across China, investigating water-related environmental and cultural connections. First, they visited the city of Yinchuan, near the Yellow River just south of Inner Mongolia. From there, they traveled to Shapatou National Nature Reserve, a major crossing on the Silk Road. [more...] David and Janet Carle have been traveling the 38th Parallel, starting from their home at Mono Lake in the Eastern Sierra, seeking water-related environmental and cultural connections. Their book The 38th Parallel: A Water Line Around the World will be published by UC Press in Fall 2012. So far, they have crossed the United States, Europe, [more...] While ash from the volcano in Iceland eclipsed the sky in much of Northern Europe, David and Janet Carle explored the volcanic Azores islands in the Atlantic, looking at worldwide water issues along the 38th parallel. In Sao Miguel they visited a geothermal plant that provides 40% of local power, and tested the waters in [more...] Last year, David and Janet Carle traveled the United States along the 38th parallel, investigating water issues from the Chesapeake to California for their upcoming book. Yesterday, the Carles embarked on the European leg of their worldwide journey, beginning at Sao Miguel Island in the Azores archipelago, then on to the wetlands of Portugal. They’ll look [more...] David and Janet Carle have embarked on worldwide journey along the 38th parallel, exploring how water issues, environment, and culture intersect at this central latitude. They will chronicle their journey on their blog, Parallel Universe: 38º North, as they travel from the United States through Japan, Korea, and China, Afghanistan, Iran, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Greece, Sicily, Spain, and Portugal. Their experience will be the basis of a future UC Press book. Janet and David Carle both worked as California State Park Rangers for more than 27 years. Janet is editor of the CA State Park Rangers’ Association newsletter, and David’s many books include Introduction to Air in California, Introduction to Fire in California, and Introduction to Water in [more...] |
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