Antarctica Cruising Guide 4th Edition by Craig Franklin

Antarctica Cruising Guide 4th Edition by Craig Franklin

Now packed with even more breathtaking color photographs, wildlife descriptions, and detailed area maps, this updated fourth edition of this bestselling Antarctica travel guide includes fascinating, full accounts of interesting places, spectacular landscapes, and local plants and wildlife--from penguins and other seabirds 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 scientists and travel guides who are recognized experts in the continent's wildlife, conservation, and political history, every page offers gorgeous color photographs of the great white south. This new edition pays special attention to explaining the threats to Antarctic conservation, including from climate change, global warming, and plastics pollution, and includes tips on how visitors can minimize their own impact and help preserve this unique continent.

Peter Carey is a zoologist who has made more than 60 trips to Antarctica working as a lecturer and expedition leader. He is the director of the conservation organization Subantarctic Foundation for Ecosystems Research. Craig Franklin is a zoology professor at the University of Queensland and has made more than20 trips to Antarctica. He has publishedmore than100 scientific works, includingarticles in the academic journals Nature and Science.

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ISBN 13	9781927249611
ISBN 10	1927249619
Title	Antarctica Cruising Guide 4th Edition
Author	Craig Franklin
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Awa Press
Year published	2018-10-01
Number of pages	312
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