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Crystal Desert,The: Summers in Antarctic Paperback - 2002
by Campbell, David G
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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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- Title Crystal Desert,The: Summers in Antarctic
- Author Campbell, David G
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Condition UsedVeryGood
- Pages 336
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Mariner Books, Wilmington, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
- Date 2002
- Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # 978061821921U
- ISBN 9780618219216 / 0618219218
- Weight 0.85 lbs (0.39 kg)
- Dimensions 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.9 in (21.59 x 13.97 x 2.29 cm)
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Arctic/Antarctic
- Topical: Ecology
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 92010583
- Dewey Decimal Code 508.989
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Summary
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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