| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
288 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Note |
"A John Macrae book." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [261]-273) and index. |
| Contents |
The passage -- Penguins -- Ice -- The peninsula discovered -- Incubation -- Predators -- Fraser -- High summer -- The crèche -- Into the sea -- The melting -- Departure. |
| Summary |
Montaigne, a journalist and travel writer, spent five months tracking penguins through the breeding season on the northwestern Antarctica peninsula... As diminishing sea ice reduces the krill and silver fish that feed the Adélie penguins, who have thrived in this region for thousands of years, they are now dwindling alarmingly; consequently, brown skua birds, predators of the Adélies, are also having trouble breeding, and gentoo penguins, who thrive in warmer conditions, are becoming the dominant species--Publisher's Weekly. |
| Subject |
Adélie penguin.
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Endangered species.
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Climatic changes -- Antarctica.
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Global environmental change.
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Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- Antarctica.
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Fraser, Bill, 1950- -- Travel.
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Environmentalists -- United States.
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Antarctica -- Description and travel.
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| Added Title |
Journey to the future in Antarctica |
| ISBN |
9780805079425: $26.00 |
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0805079424 |
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