Peter W. Fong

Peter W. Fong is the author of the award-winning novel, Principles of Navigation. In the summer of 2018, he led a first-ever scientific expedition from the headwaters of Mongolia’s Delgermörön River to Russia’s Lake Baikal. This essay is adapted from a book-length manuscript about that expedition. His chapter book for children and adults, The Coconut Crab, is forthcoming from Green Writers Press.

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