There are five races of tiger on our planet & all but one live in tropical regions: the Siberian Tiger Panthera tigris altaica is the exception. Mysterious & elusive, & with only 350 remaining in the wild, the Siberian tiger remains a complete enigma. One man has set out to change this. Sooyong Park has spent twenty years tracking & observing these elusive tigers. Each year he spends six months braving sub-zero temperatures, buried in grave-like underground bunkers, fearlessly immersing himself in the lives of Siberian tigers. As he watches the brutal, day-to-day struggle to survive the harsh landscape, threatened by poachers & the disappearance of the pristine habitat, Park becomes emotionally & spiritually attached to these beautiful & deadly predators. No one has ever been this close: as he comes face-to-face with one tiger, Bloody Mary, her fierce determination to protect her cubs nearly results in his own bloody demise. Poignant, poetic & fiercely compassionate, The Great Soul of Siberia is the incredible story of Park`s unique obsession with these compelling creatures on the very brink of extinction, & his dangerous quest to seek them out to observe & study them. Eloquently told in Park`s distinctive voice, it is a personal account of one of the most extraordinary wildlife studies ever undertaken.