Lost Antarctica adventures in a disappearing land
Surveys Antarctica's diverse plant and animal life while raising awareness about how its fragile ecosystems are being threatened by global warming.
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2012.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Summary: | Surveys Antarctica's diverse plant and animal life while raising awareness about how its fragile ecosystems are being threatened by global warming. |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 231 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-223) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780230112452 (hbk.) 0230112455 (hbk.) |
| Author Notes: | James B. McClintock is one of the world's foremost experts on Antarctica, and currently the Antarctic Marine Biologist Professor of Polar and Marine Biology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. McClintock has appeared on local, national, and international public radio, CNN news, and the Weather Channel. He has been quoted in National Geographic Magazine, Discover Magazine, the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune, the Wall Street Journal, and others. McClintock Point , a piece of land on the north side of the entrance of Explorer's Cove on the Scott Coast of the Ross Sea, Antarctica, was named in honor of his research. |
