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Antarctica Cruising Guide |  | Authors: Peter Carey, Craig Franklin Publisher: Awa Press
List Price: $25.95 Buy New: $17.13 as of 11/21/2009 15:20 CST details You Save: $8.82 (34%)
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Seller: Amazon.com Rating: 5 reviews Sales Rank: 59632
Media: Paperback Edition: Second edition Pages: 240 Number Of Items: 1 Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1 Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.1 x 0.8
ISBN: 0958291632 Dewey Decimal Number: 910 EAN: 9780958291637 ASIN: 0958291632
Publication Date: October 1, 2009 Shipping: Eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Product Description
Now packed with three additional destination sections, as well as even more breathtaking color photographs, wildlife descriptions, and detailed area maps, this updated edition to a bestselling Antarctican travel guide includes fascinating, full accounts of interesting places, spectacular landscapes, and local plants and wildlife—from penguins and other birds 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 travelers who are recognized experts in the continent's wildlife, conservation, and political history, every page offers gorgeous color photographs of the great white south. Special attention is paid to explaining the threats to Antarctic conservation, including global warming, and there are tips on how visitors can minimize their own impact and help preserve this unique continent.
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| Customer Reviews: A must have, as the field guide, for your cruise February 19, 2009 Keir Campbell (Los Gatos, California USA) 2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book is for those that are getting ready or are just thinking about a cruise to Antarctica. However, this is NOT about selecting a cruise line. This is a field guide(with photos and maps) when cruising around the Antarctic Peninsula and South Shetland Islands. It includes:
* Landing Places
* Penguins and sea birds
* Whales and seals
* Plants
* Geology and landscapes
* History
* Antarctic conservation
Since most of the cruises from Chile or Argentina go to the places covered in this guide this is the books for you.
Good Introductory book June 14, 2008 M. L. Bourque (Virginia, USA) 3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This book is quite interesting as an introduction to visiting Antarctica. The contents deals with the oceanography of the area surrounding the continent. Title could be misleading if one thought that the book was a guide to various "cruises" or cruise ships that go to Antartica.
Great Book January 26, 2008 TravelScribe (New York, NY USA) 6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This is a great guide book designed for people cruising to Antarctica. The person who gave it one star doesn't know what s/he is talking about. It's not meant to be a coffee table book or a gift book: 5x7 is the ordinary (and very convenient) size for a guide book.
It's not what you think November 28, 2007 Demeter (USA) 2 out of 12 found this review helpful
I bought this book as a gift for a scientist who will be going to Antarctica next year. It was a mistake. It doesn't have the information I was expecting.
In addition, this is not a full-sized book. It's only 5 inches by 7 inches.
I don't want to ruin someone's livelihood so I will try to be fair. This book is not suitable for my purposes and might be right for a tourist to tuck into a suitcase.
This book is a must!! February 26, 2007 N. Michele Marcinowski (Boston, MA USA) 23 out of 23 found this review helpful
I met the authors on a recent cruise to Antarctica and could not wait to purchase the book. During the cruise, they gave insightful and interesting talks about the continent. Once they told us about the book I was first in line in Ushuaia, Argentina at the only bookstore where it was available as I was still away and the book was not available at Amazon.com yet. This book is a must for anyone thinking of going or is going to Antacrtica. It is a beautiful book and I went and saw a lot of the places in the book. It reads easily as there is plenty of information on the wildlife and various places to see, but there is not too much information to overwhelm you. It is also very compact and can easily be brought on a trip. My only regret is that I didn't have it before I went to Antarctica.
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