The ocean teems with life that thrives under difficult situations in unusual environments. The Extreme Life of the Sea takes readers to the absolute limits of the ocean world鈥攖he fastest and deepest, the hottest and oldest creatures of the oceans. It dives into the icy Arctic and boiling hydrothermal vents鈥攁nd exposes the eternal darkness of the deepest undersea trenches鈥攖o show how marine life thrives against the odds.Please join the Pebble Beach Authors and Ideas Festival in welcoming Stephen Palumbi, author of The Extreme Life of the Sea.