"Where the sea breaks its back" epitomizes that vast mysterious area encompassing the northern Pacific Ocean and part of the Arctic seas.

Introduction to the Skeptic: In the view of many people, including professionals, the idea that large undiscovered varieties of animals exist in our atmosphere, our seas and lakes, and on the land masses of our planet seems at least slightly absurd.

Preface: Officially, "cryptozoology"--that is, an area of study within the main corpus of zoology that is recognized by all and sundry as a legitimate concern of professional zoologists, specifically dealing with the study and search for unidentified living animals--does not exist.