The Crystal Desert: Summers in Antarctica
por Campbell, David G
- Usado
- Perto de Excelente
- Capa dura
- first
- Condição
- Perto de Excelente/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 039558969X
- ISBN 13
- 9780395589694
- Livreiro
-
DeLand, Florida, United States
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Sobre este item
The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, Minimal shelf handling wear. Owner sticker on front flyleaf, page ridges faintly foxed, Dust Jacket with price clipped is in a new clear protective Mylar sleeve. 8vo. 9.25 inches tall 308 pp. with Chapter Notes, Bibliography and Index. Map endpages. Two reviews laid in.. Surveys the history of the Antarctica Peninsula, from its exploration to its exploitation to the researches of contemporary scientists and explores the evolution of its unusual animal life. Winner of the John Burroughs Medal for excellence in natural history in 1994.
The winner of the Houghton Mifflin Literary Fellowship Award.
Sinopse
THE CRYSTAL DESERT: SUMMERS IN ANTARCTICA is the story of life's tenacity on the coldest of Earth's continents. It tells of the explorers who discovered Antarctica, of the whalers and sealers who despoiled it, and of the scientists who are deciphering its mysteries. In beautiful, lucid prose, David G. Campbell chronicles the desperately short summers on the Antarctic Peninsula. He presents a fascinating portrait of the evolution of life in Antarctica and also of the evolution of the continent itself.
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Detalhes
- Livreiro
- Blind Horse Books [ABAA - FABA] (US)
- Nº do estoque do livreiro
- 011837
- Título
- The Crystal Desert: Summers in Antarctica
- Autor
- Campbell, David G
- Formato/Encadernação
- Near Fine Hardcover in a Near Fine Dust Jacket
- Estado do livro
- Usado - Perto de Excelente
- Condição de sobrecapa
- Near Fine
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
- Edição
- First Edition, First Printing
- Encadernação
- Capa dura
- ISBN 10
- 039558969X
- ISBN 13
- 9780395589694
- Editorial
- Houghton Mifflin
- Local de publicação
- Boston
- Data de publicação
- 1992
- Palavras-chave
- Antarctica; Antarctic Ocean; Campbell, David G.; Description and travel; General; Journeys; Nature; Summer
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