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The Complete Guide to Antarctic Wildlife: Birds and Marine Mammals of the Antarctic Continent and the Southern Ocean (Hardcover)

by Hadoram Shirihai (Author), Brett Jarrett (Illustrator)

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Hardcover: 512 pages
Publisher: Princeton University Press; illustrated edition edition (16 Sep 2002)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0691114145
ISBN-13: 978-0691114149
Product Dimensions: 26.1 x 17.8 x 2.8 cm

Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 590,035 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)
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Goes well beyond describing the mammals and birds, offering a general treatise on the natural history of Antarctica. -- Charles F. Wurster Quarterly Review of Biology This is without a doubt the most authoritative guide to the region's wildlife. Wildlife Activist

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The first of its kind, this spectacularly illustrated book is the only complete guide to the wildlife and natural history of the vast and beautiful Antarctic region. Covering the Antarctic continent, the southern ocean, and the subantarctic islands, this guide illustrates all of the region's breeding birds and marine mammals with stunning color photographs. In addition to the color plates, it features distribution maps and up-to-date species accounts expertly detailing abundance, seasonal status, and conservation prospects. The volume also covers numerous nonbreeding species, migrants, and vagrants. Regional chapters describe all of the subantarctic islands, in addition to most regularly visited sites in Antarctica, and are accompanied by maps of each area and photographs of each locale. These chapters present detailed information on geography, climate, geology, general ecology, and flora. They also address conservation efforts - past, present, and planned. The book concludes with practical information about visiting the area, including details on the best-available landing sites and notes on seasonal weather conditions. This is an indispensable companion for a trip far south, as well as an informative volume for anyone interested in the Antarctic region's remarkable, occasionally strange, and frequently beautiful animals. It features 35 color plates and over 600 color photographs. It illustrates and maps the distribution of all of the region's breeding birds and marine mammals. It includes information on many non-breeders, migrants, and vagrants. It features expert text reflecting recent advances in taxonomy. It covers all of the subantarctic islands as well as Antarctica's regularly visited sites. It offers travel tips, including weather considerations and landing sites.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Tremendous detail !, 26 Nov 2008

By	D. Allsopp ""Doctor Dennis"" (Northampton,England) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Complete Guide to Antarctic Wildlife, The: Birds and Marine Mammals of the Antarctic Continent and the Southern Ocean (Hardcover)

This must be the most comprehensive single-volume work on Antarctic and Southern Ocean wildlife ever produced.The book is packed with superb photos and paintings, distribution maps and checklists and will be a valuable reference work for travellers, real or armchair. In addition to the biology there are useful sections on history, geography and exploration. The text throughout is detailed and informative. Great credit is due to the editorial and production teams.As a biologist who has spent a little time in the Antarctic, I can wholeheartedly recommend this book (although I would love to see fish, marine invertebrates and also lichens and mosses getting mention in more detail in any future editions!)If you buy only one book on Antarctic animals, this is the one to get !

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5.0 out of 5 stars If you are a keen wildlife watcher and going down south - buy it now !, 2 Mar 2009

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If you are going to this region primarily for the wildlife then this volume is indispensable. Your ship's library is likely to have a copy, but don't bank on it and if you have your own then you can browse at leisure in your cabin rather than fighting over the reference copy. It covers not only the wildlife of the Peninsula, but also of outlying islands likely to be visited on the way such as the Falklands and South Georgia. If you are visiting for the wildlife then stretching the budget to include visits to these two islands is a must.
Other guides are much less comprehensive and may lead to misidentification of birds in particular as not all species are included - the variety of prions and petrels is not to be underestimated !

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