Empire Antarctica : ice, silence & emperor penguins
Francis, Gavin2025
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Place reservation for Empire Antarctica : ice, silence & emperor penguinsIt is said to be one of our oldest stories: a young man goes to a far-off land in search of a mythical and wondrous beast. For years, Gavin Francis yearned to go to the remotest place on our planet, to see one of the strangest beasts alive. This is how he came to spend 14 months living alongside emperor penguins as the base-camp doctor at Halley.
Main title:
Empire Antarctica : ice, silence & emperor penguins / Gavin Francis ; introduction by Sara Whheler.
Author:
Francis, Gavin, author
Imprint:
Edinburgh : Canongate, 2025.
Collation:
272 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white) ; 20 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
Originally published: London: Chatto & Windus, 2012.Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9781837263912 (pbk)
Dewey class:
919.8904919.89
LC class:
QL696.S473
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
4248112
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