Natuur Reisgids Antarctica: A Guide to the Wildlife | Bradt Nature guides (9781841622385)

• ISBN / Code:
  9781841622385
• Aantal blz.:
  160
• Uitgever:
  Bradt travel guides
• Editie:
  2008
• Soort:
  Natuurgids / Reisgids
• Taal:
  Engels
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Natuur Reisgids Antarctica: A Guide to the Wildlife | Bradt Nature guides

Uitgever Bradt richt zich steeds meer op de ware natuurliefhebber: hoe, wat en waar te zien is een belangrijk motto in deze speciale reisgidsen. Wat ons betreft had het allemaal nog wel wat uitgebreider gemogen, maar met deze gids mogen we echter niet mopperen! Een waar genoegen .....

A superbly illustrated and attractive new edition of this traveller’s companion to the wildlife of the Antarctic wilderness. Dafila Scott’s illustrations provide the perfect accompaniment to naturalist Tony Soper’s immaculate text. This guide provides full coverage of plumage and identification, breeding and nesting, feeding and the best locations to observe the varied species to be found in Antarctica.

• Illustrated in full colour throughout with specially commissioned watercolour paintings
• Authoritative writing by TV naturalist Tony Soper
• Species identification, behaviour and habitats and conservation guidelines for visitors
• History of discovery and exploration

International Polar Year 2007–2008

The International Polar Year is a large scientific programme focused on the Arctic and the Antarctic from March 2007 to March 2009. Visit www.ipy.org for more information

Book Reviews

"Most of us visiting the deep South are doing so for the first time and thirst for some authoritative guidance. Here, at last, is the book we have been waiting for."

Sir David Attenborough

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Reader Reviews
"Sensational! Congratulations on being the first person to put all the odds and ends of Antarctica’s lifeforms into such a readable book. It has been long overdue. This book is the most concise and accurate account on the market."
Peter Harrison, USA

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About this Destination
The storm-tossed Southern Ocean and the inhospitable landscape of Antarctica combine to form one of the last true wildernesses on earth. They are also home to vast numbers of animals, from the tiny shrimps of the zooplankton to the penguins, albatrosses, seals and great whales for which this extraordinary region is justly famed.

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About the Author(s)

Tony Soper is a veteran natural-history presenter, film maker, lecturer and author. Dafila Scott is an artist and zoologist, member of the Society of Wildlife Artists and ’Scott of the Antarctic’s’ grand-daughter.

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Contents

(1) Introduction

(2) Discovery and Exploitation: Explorers, Sealers and Whalers

(3) Terrestrial Plants and Insects

(4) Marine Invertebrates

(5) Fish

(6) Birds: Penguins

(7) Albatrosses

(8) Petrels and Shearwaters

(9) Storm-petrels

(10) Diving-petrels

(11) Cormorants

(12) Sheathbills

(13) Skuas

(14) Gulls

(15) Terns

(16) Birds of South Georgia

(17) Mammals: Seals

(18) Whales

(19) Glossary of Snow and Ice

(20) Code of Conduct for Visitors to the Antarctic

(21) Useful Websites and Addresses

(22) Index

(23) Author, Illustrator, Acknowledgements