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Bird Island in Antarctic Waters.
Title:
Bird Island in Antarctic Waters.
Author:
Parmelee, David F.
ISBN:
9780816663927
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (169 pages)
Contents:
Table of Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Bird Island Species -- South with the Fids -- The Tussock Isles -- Lönnberg House: The First Night -- Tussock, Wildlife, and Wind -- Blue Petrels -- The Monarchs of Bird Island -- Saturday Night at Lönnberg House -- Scavenging Tussock Ducks -- Stinkers -- Blue-Eyed Shags -- Farewell Point -- Skuas -- Last Impressions -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Abstract:
Few maps show the location of Bird Island -- a lonely outcrop in the South Georgia group where Antarctic waters push against the Atlantic east of Cape Horn. Its forbidding flanks invite few human visitors. But for those who reach its shores there are rich.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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