Arctic & Antarctic / written by Barbara Taylor ; photographed by Geoff Brightling.
Material type:
TextSeries: Publisher: New York, N.Y. : DK Publishing, 2024Description: 72 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 29 cmContent type: - text
- volume
- 9780593842430
- 9780593842423
- 9798368713014
- 059384243X
- 0593842421
- Title appears on item as: Eyewitness Arctic & Antarctic
- Arctic and Antarctic
- 998 TAY 23
- QL104 .T48 2024
Illustrations and text explore the frozen landscapes of the polar regions, and provide information about the flora and fauna that survive in the hostile conditions.
Includes index.
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The ends of the Earth -- The Arctic and tundra -- Antarctica -- In Antarctic waters -- Residents and visitors -- Adaptable animals -- Survival of the fittest -- Birds of the Arctic -- Birds of the Antarctic -- Sky lords -- Ocean wanderer -- Penguin parade -- Emperors of the Antarctic -- King of the Arctic -- Mighty moose -- Tundra life -- Reindeer and caribou -- Company of wolves -- The walrus -- Suited to the sea -- Giants of the sea -- A herding life -- Hunters of the north -- European explorers -- Race for the pole -- Life in the Arctic -- Polar research -- Life at polar stations -- Human impacts on the poles -- Mapping Antarctica -- Mapping the Arctic -- Polar climate -- Species status -- Glossary.
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