Atop a bluff and offering nose-bleed views of the major highway for gray whales -- aka the Pacific Ocean -- is this Cape Cod-style seaside estate from 1901, with slatted ceilings, vintage photographs, and piles of firewood near the basement.

CNN: 10 dazzling hideaways by the sea

The UK book launch was attended by Dr Wendy Watson-Wright, IOC Executive Secretary and IOC Assistant Director-General of UNESCO who also gave the IMarEST Stanley Gray Lecture on 'The challenge of ocean governance: An IOC perspective'.

UNESCO: Troubled Waters