Empire Antarctica : ice, silence, & emperor penguins /: ice, silence, & emperor penguins. ([2013])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Gavin Francis.
• Authors: Francis, Gavin
• Contents: Preface : a glimpse from the ice -- Imagining Antarctica -- The axis of the Atlantic -- Of kings and emperors -- Antarctica at last! -- High days and holidays -- The hinge of the continent -- Waiting for winter -- Darkness and light -- Midwinter -- The third quarter -- The promise of life -- Gathering light -- Freedom of the ice -- Of endings and beginnings -- Afterword : the memory of Antarctica.
• Publisher Details: Berkeley, CA : Counterpoint
• Publication Date: 2013
• Copyright Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource (ix, 260 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates), illustrations (some color), maps
• Subjects: 919.89; Emperor penguin; Natural history -- Antarctica; TRAVEL -- Australia & Oceania; Emperor penguin; Natural history; Travel; Antarctica -- Description and travel; Antarctica; Electronic books; Travel -- Antarctica
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781619022591; 1619022591; 1306440114; 9781306440110; 9781446484821; 1446484823
• Related ISBNs: 9781619021846; 1619021846; 1619023407; 9781619023406
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-260).; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.