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Empire Antarctica ice, silence & emperor penguins

Describes the author's time working as a basecamp doctor at Antarctica's Halley research station and his fascination with the emperor penguin community that shared the icy continent with him.

Main Author: Francis, Gavin.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: Berkeley : Counterpoint, [2013]
Subjects:
Francis, Gavin > Travel > Antarctica.
Natural history > Antarctica.
Antarctica > Description and travel.
Summary: Describes the author's time working as a basecamp doctor at Antarctica's Halley research station and his fascination with the emperor penguin community that shared the icy continent with him.
Item Description: "First published in Great Britain in 2012 by Chatto & Windus"--Title page verso.
Physical Description: 260 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN: 9781619021846 (hbk.)
1619021846 (hbk.)
Author Notes: Gavin Francis was born in 1975 and brought up in Fife, Scotland. After qualifying from medical school in Edinburgh he spent ten years traveling, visiting all seven continents. He has worked in Africa and India, made several trips to the Artic, and crossed Eurasia and Australia by motorcycle. His first book, True North was published in 2008. He has lectured at the Scott Polar Research Institute in Cambridge and the Edinburgh Book Festival, and is a regular speaker at the Royal Scottish Geographical Society. He lives in Edinburgh.

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