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Antarctica cruising guide / Peter Carey & Craig Franklin.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781927249253
- ISBN: 1927249252
- Physical Description: vii, 291 pages : colour illustrations, maps ; 19 cm.
- Edition: Third edition.
- Publisher: Wellington, New Zealand Awa Press, 2015.
- Copyright: ©2015.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "Wildlife, visitor sites, conservation, maps & photos. Includes Antarctic Peninsula, Falkland Islands, South Georgia and Ross Sea"-- Cover. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Introducing Antarctica -- Places -- Life in Antarctica -- Birds -- Mammals -- Threats to Antarctic conservation. |
| Summary, etc.: | This third edition pays special attention to explaining the threats to Antarctic conservation, including global warming, and includes tips on how visitors can minimize their own impact and help preserve this unique continent. |
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| Subject: | Animals > Antarctica. Antarctica > Description and travel. Antarctica > Guidebooks. |
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Antarctica Cruising Guide : 3rd Edition
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Antarctica Cruising Guide : 3rd Edition
Now packed with even more breathtaking color photographs, wildlife descriptions, and detailed area maps, this updated edition to a bestselling Antarctica travel guide includes fascinating, full accounts of interesting places, spectacular landscapes, and local plants and wildlife--from penguins and other birds to whales, seals, and myriad mammals. A definitive field guide to Antarctica, this book caters to South Pole visitors traveling by luxury liner, adventure cruise, or private boat. Written by experienced Antarctic travelers who are recognized experts in the continent's wildlife, conservation, and political history, every page offers gorgeous color photographs of the great white south. This third edition pays special attention to explaining the threats to Antarctic conservation, including global warming, and includes tips on how visitors can minimize their own impact and help preserve this unique continent.
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