Now packed with three additional destination sections, as well as even
more breathtaking color photographs, wildlife descriptions, and
detailed area maps, this updated edition to a bestselling Antarctican
travel guide includes fascinating, full accounts of interesting places,
spectacular landscapes, and local plants and wildlife from penguins and
other birds to whales, seals, and myriad mammals.
A definitive field
guide to Antarctica, this book caters to South Pole visitors traveling
by luxury liner, adventure cruise, or private boat. Written by
experienced Antarctic travelers who are recognized experts in the
continent's wildlife, conservation, and political history, every page
offers gorgeous color photographs of the great white south.
Special
attention is paid to explaining the threats to Antarctic conservation,
including global warming, and there are tips on how visitors can
minimize their own impact and help preserve this unique continent.
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