A Visitor's Guide to South Georgia (eBook)

Second Edition

Sally Poncet, Kim Crosbie (Autoren)

eBook Download: PDF

2021 | Second Edition
184 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-23442-7 (ISBN)

Infos

This is the only illustrated guide specifically tailored to the needs of visitors to this remote and captivating part of the world, and it is the ideal book for armchair naturalists. A Visitor's Guide to South Georgia features hundreds of color photographs of the diverse wildlife and breathtaking scenery to be found at this unique tourist destination. It includes extensive and up-to-date coverage of all wildlife groups-from albatrosses and petrels to seals and penguins-as well as color maps and detailed information for the 23 key visitor sites. This stunning photographic guide describes the history, geology, and culture of South Georgia. It also provides a checklist of all fauna and flora as well as valuable tips for visitors to the islands, and the book's wirebound format enables it to fold out flat for easy use in a water-protective holder. Features hundreds of photos Covers all wildlife groups Includes maps and information for the 23 key visitor sites Describes South Georgia's unique history, geology, and culture Provides a checklist of all fauna and flora Gives valuable tips for visitors

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 10.8.2021
• Reihe/Serie: WILDGuides
• Reihe/Serie: WILDGuides
• Zusatzinfo: 450 color illus.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
• Themenwelt: Reisen ► Reiseführer
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften
• Schlagworte: Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels • Albatross • Antarctic Convergence • Antarctic prion • Antarctic tern • Barff Peninsula • Bay of Isles • Beagle Channel • Bird nest • bird strike • Blue petrel • Breakwind Ridge • Buoy • Campsite • Cape Paryadin • Cape petrel • Cape Rosa • Cave Cove • Chinstrap Penguin • Clerke Rocks • commercial fishing • Common diving petrel • Continental fragment • Cooper Island • Cumberland Bay • Deep sea • Discovery Investigations • Durvillaea antarctica • elephant seal • Elsehul • Explorer II • Factory ship • Falkland Islands • fishery • Fishing • Flier (fish) • fur seal • Gentoo Penguin • Godthul • Gold Harbour • Grytviken • Guano • Indian Ocean • International Polar Year • Iris Bay • Isla San Pedro • kelp forest • kelp gull • King Edward Point • King Penguin • Larsen Harbour • Leith Harbour • Macaroni penguin • Macrocystis pyrifera • Marchantia • Marine Biology • Marine Stewardship Council • ocean • Patagonian toothfish • Peggotty Bluff • Penguin • pipit • Possession Bay • Prince Olav Harbour • Prion Island • Rock cod • Rocky Shore • Royal Bay • Sand • Scotia Sea • Scrimshaw • sea anemone • seabird • Shingle beach • Sooty albatross • South America • South American Plate • southern continent • Southern England • Southern giant petrel • Southern Ocean • Southern right whale • Southern Whaling and Sealing Company • South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands • South Georgia diving petrel • South Georgia Museum • South Georgia pintail • South Georgia pipit • South Orkney Islands • South Shetland Islands • St. Andrews Bay (Florida) • Stewart Island • Stromness Bay • Tierra del Fuego • Trywork • wandering albatross • Weddell Glacier • Weddell Sea • Weddell seal • whaling
• ISBN-10: 0-691-23442-6 / 0691234426
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-23442-7 / 9780691234427