Women and the ocean: powerful and passionate, a story never before told, a new world to be discovered. Another vision of their relationship.

They have accompanied explorers, mapped the ocean floor, faced down storsm, and devoted their lives to protecting the seas, yet women are still largely unknown "stowaways" in the history of seafaring. Through these portraits and profiles of pioneering women, readers will discover their unique way of living by, with, in, and for the sea. These are stories of remarkable women, from the first discoverers forced to disguise themselves as men to scientists, painters, deep-sea fisherfolk, and extreme divers. This book opens up a whole new way of looking at the ocean: not as a world to be conquered but instead first understood and then shared, a gift with which each generation entrusts the next.