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Title Empire Antarctica : ice, silence & emperor penguins / Gavin Francis.
Author Francis, Gavin.
Publication Info. Pgw., 2013.
Berkeley : Counterpoint, [2013]
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 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Fourth Floor  919.89 FRA    Check Shelves
Description ix, 260 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-260).
Summary Describes the author's time working as a basecamp doctor at Antarctica's Halley research station and his fascination with the emperor penguin community that shared the icy continent with him.
Subject Francis, Gavin -- Travel -- Antarctica.
Natural history -- Antarctica.
Antarctica -- Description and travel.
Related To Reproduction of (manifestation):
Francis, Gavin. Empire Antarctica London : Chatto & Windus, 2012 9780701186890.
ISBN 1619021846 : $28.00
9781619021846