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Antarctic journal :four months at the bottom of the world

Letters and journal entries from a visit to Antartica, the windiest, coldest, most forbidding region on earth.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Dewey, Jennifer
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : HarperCollins Publisers, c2001.
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Dewey, Jennifer > Journeys > Antarctica > Juvenile nonfiction. Diaries > Juvenile nonfiction. Antarctica > Description and travel > Juvenile nonfiction.
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Summary:	Letters and journal entries from a visit to Antartica, the windiest, coldest, most forbidding region on earth.
Physical Description:	64 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 64).
ISBN:	0060285877 (lib. bdg.)
Author Notes:	Author and illustrator Jennifer Owings Dewey was raised in New Mexico, but graduated from high school in California. She attended the Rhode Island School of Design and the University of New Mexico. Her writing career shows her deep attachment to the natural world and an interest in wilderness and unique environments. She received a grant from the National Science Foundation for a four-month stay in Antarctica, where she sketched and photographed the landscape and wildlife and kept a detailed journal of her experiences. She received the Orbis Pictus Award for Wildlife Rescue: The Work of Dr. Kathleen Ramsay, the John Burroughs Award for Mud Matters, and the National Science Teachers Association Award for her body of work in the field of nonfiction for children. She currently lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico. (Bowker Author Biography)