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The Breath of a Whale: The Science and Spirit of Pacific Ocean Giants by Leigh Calvez

The Breath of a Whale: The Science and Spirit of Pacific Ocean Giants: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Breath of a Whale: The Science and Spirit of Pacific Ocean Giants runs 7.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Karen White (about 5.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

7.9listening hrs
Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction)store shelf
2019released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 7.9 hours of listening.

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30 min / day16 days
1 hour / day8 days
2 hours / day4 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

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What our data says

  • At 7.9 hours, it runs longer than 56% of the 4,073 Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) shelf

634 Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.

About this listen

The Breath of a Whale: The Science and Spirit of Pacific Ocean Giants is an audiobook by Leigh Calvez: a 7.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Karen White, released February 26, 2019, on the Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
7.9 hrs
Narrated by
Karen White
Released
February 26, 2019
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction)
ISBN
9781977344779

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Breath of a Whale: The Science and Spirit of Pacific Ocean Giants as an audiobook?

The Breath of a Whale: The Science and Spirit of Pacific Ocean Giants runs 7.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.3 hours.

Is The Breath of a Whale: The Science and Spirit of Pacific Ocean Giants free as an audiobook?

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Who narrates The Breath of a Whale: The Science and Spirit of Pacific Ocean Giants?

The Breath of a Whale: The Science and Spirit of Pacific Ocean Giants is narrated by Karen White.