Dimitris Zafiropoulos, Ph.D., was an Oceanographer and Professor at the Deree College. He wrote a book in English language, that is an introduction into the fascinating world of dolphins and whales of the Greek Seas, as well as an identification and field guide.
It includes:

- Information on the classification, evolution and adaptations, ecology, intelligence and behavior of these amazing sea mammals.
- Information on their geographical distribution, on how to find, study and identify dolphins and whales that are regularly observed in Greek waters.

The book, «Dolphins and Whales of the Greek Seas», is the result of 12 years of field research, experiences and adventures.

An account of the first enthralling close encounter with the Striped Dolphins and the sighting of a Fin Whale at Corinthiakos Gulf, of the fieldwork with the Bottlenose Dolphins of Amvrakikos and North Evoikos Gulf, of the observations with the endangered Common Dolphins of the inland sea between the island of Lefkas and the Greek mainland, the Orei Channel and the Sporades islands. In this book are registered adventures and experiences by the writer and his companion, Livia Merlini, at the Greek Seas and Oceans. The book includes 50 photographs taken by the writer himself during the research cruises.

You can find it in the bookshop ANAVASI (6A, Stoa Arsakiou, 105 64, Athens, tel: 210/32.18.104, e-mail: info@mountains.gr

Title: The Dolphin
Author: Sergio Bambaren
Translation: Chara Giannakopoulou
Editions: Modern Times, 2004
Pages: 86

Description: There comes a time in life when there is nothing else to do but to go your own way. A time to follow your dreams. A time to raise the sails of your own beliefs. That’s what the dreaming dolphin wants to tell us with its message, while gaining thousands of fanatical readers in the whole world.

Sergio Bambaren was born in 1960 in Peru and was educated in a British High School in Lima. He studied chemical engineering in the United States. As a sea lover and a surfer at heart, he has travelled all around the world to seek for the "perfect wave". The first book of Sergio Bambaren, The Dolphin…Story of a Dreamer, (Grammata, 2000, and Modern Times, 2004) became a best seller all around the world. After that, he abandoned his profession as a chemical engineer and now lives in Sidney, Australia as a writer.