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THE CRYSTAL DESERT; Summers in Antarctica
by Campbell, David G
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Fine/Very Fine
- ISBN 10
- 039558969X
- ISBN 13
- 9780395589694
- Seller
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Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Boston New York London: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1992. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. Map Endpapers. 8vo, ivory quarter cloth with light gold lettering over ivory boards, archival polyester-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) depicting a mountain reddened by sunset taken by Wolfgang Kaehler, map endpapers depicting "The Antarctic Penninsula and Shetand Islands" & "King George Island"; ix, [x] + 308 pages. Winner of a Houghton Mifflin Literary Fellowship Award. An inspired and eloquent study based on professor Daviod Campbell's three summers on Antarctica with The Brazilian Research Station (1988). The distinguished ecologist conducted research on the pathologies of krill and marine isopods in the waters of Admiralty Bay, King George Island (one of the South Shetlands of the Antarctic Peninsula. <br/><br/>His experiences are brilliantly described in The Crystal Desert, which won the Burroughs Medal, the PEN Martha Albrand Award, and the Houghton Mifflin Literary Fellowship Award.<br/><br/>SUPERIOR overall condition: Tight, bright, clean copy in a comparable unclipped dust jacket. No remainder marks.
Synopsis
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7040
- Title
- THE CRYSTAL DESERT; Summers in Antarctica
- Author
- Campbell, David G
- Illustrator
- Map Endpapers
- Format/Binding
- Cloth and boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 039558969X
- ISBN 13
- 9780395589694
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston New York London
- Date Published
- 1992
- Keywords
- Maps, Antarctica, Penguins, cold, seals, fish, whales, explorers, sealers, midges, lichen
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