Life under ice

Follows marine photographer Bill Curtsinger as he dives under the ice at Antarctica to learn about the plants and animals that thrive in this extreme habitat.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cerullo, Mary M.
Other Authors: Curtsinger, Bill, 1946- (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Gardiner, Me. : Tilbury House, Publishers, c2003.
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Summary:Follows marine photographer Bill Curtsinger as he dives under the ice at Antarctica to learn about the plants and animals that thrive in this extreme habitat.
Physical Description:37 p. : chiefly col. ill., maps ; 27 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. 36).
ISBN:0884482464 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Author Notes:Mary Cerullo is an award-winning children's science writer and the author of our two Sea Soup books on phytoplankton and zooplankton, as well as many other children's books, including The Ocean Detectives and The Truth About Great White Sharks. She is the director of Maine's marine environmental organization Friends of Casco Bay.

Like many explorers before him, Bill Curtsinger first traveled to Antarctica as a young sailor. He was in the Navy Combat Camera Group, assigned to photograph the work of National Science Foundation researchers. In the years since, Bill's work has appeared in numerous books (including our Sea Soup books) and in every major world magazine, including thirty-three articles in National Geographic. He lives in Yarmouth, Maine.