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The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is a agency within the
U.S. Department of Interior. BOEM has four sections that cover the
United States' waters: Alaska OCS Region, Pacific OCS Region, Gulf
of Mexico OCS Region and the Atlantic OCS Region. The Gulf of
Mexico OCS Region is responsible for almost 160 million acres of
lands off the coast of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and
Florida. Currently, more than 31 million acres are leased for gas
and oil development, and six million are actually producing oil and
natural gas. The Gulf of Mexico Region is in charge of addressing
the Environment, Leasing and Plans, and Resource Evaluation. The
publish a variety of documents with topics such as: Marine Biology,
Natural Gas, Oil Spills, Transportation, Chemical Products, etc.
This is one of those publications.
In 1924, John Lars Nelson travels to the Shumagin Islands in the
Gulf of Alaska. He tells people he is doing a botanical survey, but
the real goal of his quest is a mysterious orchid described by a
naturalist in 1741 and never again seen. During his journey, John
Lars hitches a ride on a schooner whose bootlegger captain has a
hidden past. John Lars also meets a young Aleut woman, Natasha
Christiansen. She becomes his guide and leads him to question the
validity of everything he thought he knew. Together, they reach
Nagai Island where the search for the orchid comes to a violent
conclusion.
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