The city guide for Antarctica
| Author | : YouGuide Ltd |
| Publisher | : YouGuide Ltd |
| Total Pages | : 115 |
| Release | : |
| Genre | : Travel |
| ISBN | : 1837060096 |
The City Guide For Antarctica
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Antarctica
| Author | : Tony Soper |
| Publisher | : Bradt Travel Guides |
| Total Pages | : 164 |
| Release | : 2018-03-19 |
| Genre | : Nature |
| ISBN | : 1784770914 |
Updated throughout, the 7th edition of Bradt's Antarctica: a Guide to Wildlife is the most practical guide to the flora and fauna available for those 'going south'. Celebrating the amazing and often unique species of this spectacular environment, the title features chapters on the region's famous whales and penguins, and also on lesser known species such as skuas and sheathbills, with full coverage of plumage and identification. Each chapter is accompanied by vibrant illustrations from Dafila Scott to help bring species to life. Tony Soper's immaculate and engaging text remains the indispensible choice for the intrepid wildlife enthusiast. Antarctica's wildlife is under threat. The Southern Ocean is warming and the most obvious effect is on the continental ice shelves. Spectacular retreats and monster carvings from the west coast of the peninsula have been seen in recent decades. Less ice means fewer krill, which depend on the ice-edge for the algae which nourish them. In turn, this will impact on seal and whale numbers. In the case of penguins, while kings and macaronis, for instance, are doing well, the magnificently adapted and truly Antarctic species, Adélies and emperors, are in decline. In the case of emperors, maybe by as much as 50%. Bradt's Antarctica not only helps you to identify and understand species and habitats, it also explains the issues faced by this extraordinary continent, regarded by many as one of the most precious places on the planet.
Lonely Planet Antarctica
| Author | : Cathy Brown (Travel writer) |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 223 |
| Release | : 2017 |
| Genre | : Antarctica |
| ISBN | : 9781786572479 |
Preserved for peace and science, this ice-crowned continent offers inspiration, adventure and perspective. Wildlife roams freely, icebergs crash into the sea, whales breach beside your ship. It's the trip of a lifetime.
End of the Earth
| Author | : Peter Matthiessen |
| Publisher | : National Geographic Society |
| Total Pages | : 272 |
| Release | : 2003 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : |
"Matthiessen chronicles two voyages into the frozen seas that surround a landmass larger than the continental United States, most of it buried under eternal snow and ice as much as three miles deep. Ninety percent of the world's fresh water is locked in this immense ice cap, a remote region profoundly important to our environment. The author addresses the subject with authority and passion, discussing everything from global warming and the ozone layer to the vital role of krill, the teeming crustacean that is the cornerstone of the marine food chain." "Nature lovers - birders especially - will be fascinated by descriptions of more than half of the penguin species and an astonishing array of seabirds, from tiny storm-petrels to magnificent albatrosses, which may soar for years without alighting on land; here too are close encounters with whales, leopard seals, and elephant seals, and elusive creatures such as the oceanic orca. There are also remarkable descriptions of the seldom seen polar rookeries where thousands of emperor penguins stand motionless for months at a time, brooding their giant eggs through the long, cold darkness of Antarctic winter."--BOOK JACKET.
Terra Incognita
| Author | : Sara Wheeler |
| Publisher | : Modern Library |
| Total Pages | : 385 |
| Release | : 2014-10-01 |
| Genre | : Travel |
| ISBN | : 080415242X |
It is the coldest, windiest, driest place on earth, an icy desert of unearthly beauty and stubborn impenetrability. For centuries, Antarctica has captured the imagination of our greatest scientists and explorers, lingering in the spirit long after their return. Shackleton called it "the last great journey"; for Apsley Cherry-Garrard it was the worst journey in the world. This is a book about the call of the wild and the response of the spirit to a country that exists perhaps most vividly in the mind. Sara Wheeler spent seven months in Antarctica, living with its scientists and dreamers. No book is more true to the spirit of that continent--beguiling, enchanted and vast beyond the furthest reaches of our imagination. Chosen by Beryl Bainbridge and John Major as one of the best books of the year, recommended by the editors of Entertainment Weekly and the Chicago Tribune, one of the Seattle Times's top ten travel books of the year, Terra Incognita is a classic of polar literature.
Antarctica
| Author | : David McGonigal |
| Publisher | : Frances Lincoln Limited |
| Total Pages | : 232 |
| Release | : 2005 |
| Genre | : Nature |
| ISBN | : |
An Illustrated guide to Antarctica's environment, geography, wildlife, and history.
Antarctica Cruising Guide 4th Edition
| Author | : Peter Carey |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2018 |
| Genre | : Animals |
| ISBN | : 9781927249611 |
Now packed with even more breathtaking colour photographs, wildlife descriptions, detailed maps and scientific information, this fourth edition includes full accounts of interesting places, spectacular landscapes, and local plants and wildlife-from penguins and seabirds to whales and seals. The authors are world-recognised experts in Antarctic travel, wildlife and conservation, and provide totally up-to-the-minute details of the threats to the white continent, including climate change, and tips on how visitors can minimise their impact and help preserve this unique place.
The Oceanites Site Guide to the Antarctic Peninsula
| Author | : Ron Naveen |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 129 |
| Release | : 1997 |
| Genre | : Antarctic Peninsula (Antarctica) |
| ISBN | : 9780966101102 |
Antarctic Wildlife
| Author | : James Lowen |
| Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
| Total Pages | : 240 |
| Release | : 2011-05-15 |
| Genre | : Nature |
| ISBN | : 0691150338 |
First published in 2011 by WILDGuides, Ltd.
Antarctic Atlas
| Author | : Peter Fretwell |
| Publisher | : Penguin UK |
| Total Pages | : 162 |
| Release | : 2020-11-26 |
| Genre | : Reference |
| ISBN | : 0141995610 |
A FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020 SHORTLISTED FOR THE ESTWA AWARD FOR ILLUSTRATED TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022 One of the least-known places on the planet, the only continent on earth with no indigenous population, Antarctica is a world apart. From a leading cartographer with the British Antarctic Survey, this new collection of maps and data reveals Antarctica as we have never seen it before. This is not just a book of traditional maps. It measures everything from the thickness of ice beneath our feet to the direction of ice flows. It maps volcanic lakes, mountain ranges the size of the Alps and gorges longer than the Grand Canyon, all hidden beneath the ice. It shows us how air bubbles trapped in ice tell us what the earth's atmosphere was like 750,000 years ago, proving the effects of greenhouse gases. Colonies of emperor penguins abound around the coastline, and the journeys of individual seals around the continent and down to the sea bed in search of food have been intricately tracked and mapped. Twenty-nine nations have research stations in Antarctica and their unique architecture is laid out here, along with the challenges of surviving in Antarctica'sunforgiving environment. Antarctica is also the frontier of our fight against climate change. If its ice melts, it will swamp almost every coastal city in the world. Antarctic Atlas illustrates the harsh beauty and magic of this mysterious continent, and shows how, far from being abstract, it has direct relevance to us all.
