Antarctica: A Guide to the Wildlife
Both a beautiful and practical guidebook, Bradt’s Antarctica Wildlife has remained a perennial favourite with cruise voyagers to this remarkable continent and a book suitable for natural history lovers to dip into.\ This guide covers Antarctica’s major land, sea and air species. Each mammal, bird or creature has been illustrated with a fine original watercolor by Dafila Scott, with a concise but descriptive passage by high-profile natural historian, Tony Soper. An ideal gift or...
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Both a beautiful and practical guidebook, Bradt’s Antarctica Wildlife has remained a perennial favourite with cruise voyagers to this remarkable continent and a book suitable for natural history lovers to dip into.
This book reviews the creatures which live south of the Antarctic Convergence. This turbulent area, where the sea temperature suddenly drops by several degrees, nourishes a wealth of tiny sea creatures which in turn support the world's greatest concentration of wildlife. Polar regions lack diversity; there are relatively few species here by comparison with the tropics or the temperate regions. But you may walk all day in a tropical jungle and see precious little, whereas at sea in the Southern Ocean or ashore on the islands and the coast of Antarctica there are birds and seals in glorious abundance. What's more, they are unafraid of human visitors. Treat them with respect, move slowly and quietly, and they will tolerate intrusion with equanimity. Better still, sit down quietly and they will come to you in innocent curiosity. It is a magical experience for anyone nurtured in regions where animals long ago learned to fear Man.
Introduction; Discovery and Exploitation: Explorers, Sealers and Whalers; Terrestrial Plants and Insects; Marine Invertebrates; Fish; Birds (Penguins, Albatrosses, Petrals and Shearwaters, Storm-petrals, Diving-petrals, Cormorants, Sheathbills, Skuas, Gulls, Terns, Birds of South Georgia); Mammals (Seals, Whales); Glossary of Snow and Ice; Code of conduct for visitors to the Antarctic; Useful website and addresses; Index
