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Lost Antarctica : adventures in a disappearing land /

Surveys Antarctica's diverse plant and animal life while raising awareness about how its fragile ecosystems are being threatened by global warming.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McClintock, James B. (James Bruce), 1955-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
McClintock, James B. > (James Bruce), > 1955- > Travel > Antarctica.
Antarctica > Environmental conditions.
Antarctica > Description and travel.
Table of Contents:
  • Journeys south
  • It is all about the ice
  • Life adrift : the small organisms matter
  • Antarctic seafloor : an oasis in the desert
  • Polar acid seas
  • The march of the king crabs
  • Ghost rookeries : the decline of the Adélie penguin
  • Closing the gap : Antarctica as a global solution.