xix, 299 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Contents
Introduction: News from the front line -- 1. Ice Age -- 2. Punta to Palmer -- 3. The life of a penguin -- 4. Remnant Eden -- 5. Seeing for myself -- 6. A field season from Hell -- 7. Penguin pebbles -- 8. Palmer Day -- 9. An absolute wake-up call -- 10. Light-bulb moments -- 11. Collecting birds -- 12. Sunny day science -- 13. Giant petrels -- 14. Meat and two veg -- 15. A view from the predator's mouth -- 16. Dream Island -- 17. Boondoggle Day -- 18. The inner circle -- 19. The sound of extinct -- 20. The south islands -- 21. The year of reckoning -- 22. Crunches and crunched -- 23. Losing days -- 24. The weight of a fledgling -- 25. Not a standard day -- 26. South polar skuas and kelp gulls -- 27. A pair of legs, a pile of bones -- 28. Last island on the geep chick handling tour -- 29. Summer's end -- 30. Voyage home -- 31. What was happening? -- 32. Local becomes global
Summary
Tells the story of Antarctic warming and how scientists are piecing together the jigsaw of causes and impacts, in particular, through a study of the Adelie penguins at Palmer Station
Notes
Formerly CIP. Uk
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references : (pages [282]-284) and index
