Prologue : the golden gate
Baja California : desert seas
Los Angeles : a river of oil
Monterey Bay : a canyon in the sea
San Francisco : a search for solid ground
Point Reyes : the mobile landscape
Cape Mendocino : rough water and rugged mountains
The Oregon Dunes : a sea of sand
The Pacific Northwest : a fire on the floor of the sea
Southeastern Alaska and British Columbia : exotic terrane
The Aleutian Islands : Unangan, we the people.