The Crystal Desert, Summers in Antarctica
by Campbell, David G
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- Hardcover
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- Condition
- Nr Fine in Good- DJ/Good
- ISBN 10
- 039558969X
- ISBN 13
- 9780395589694
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About This Item
Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Co, 1992. 1st Ed 1st Pr. Hardbound. 8vo. 469 Pgs.. Nr Fine in Good- DJ/Good. The Crystal Desert, Summers in Antarctica by David G Campbell. Published by Houghton Mifflin Co, Boston, MA, 1992. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardbound. Paper DJ. Size 8vo (up to 9-1/2'' tall). Condition: Nr Fine in Good- DJ. 308 Pgs. ISBN 039558969X. LCCN 92-10583. The author brings the Antarctic to vivid, teeming life in this eloquent, comprehensive natural and social history of the ice-clad continent below the Southern Ocean. Over the course of three austral summers in the 1980s, he explored life ''beyond the edge of the habitable earth'', studying parasites in seals, fish and crustaceans. Chapters detail local geology and botany, and chronicle the frenetic summer activity of penguins and seals; skuas, terns and albatrosses; plankton and krill. Accounts of the area's discovery and its exploitation in the seal- and whale-hunting expeditions that thrived 100 years ago are enlivened with reference to letters, diaries and other first-hand reports. Description text copyright 2010 BooksForComfort. Item ID 22124.
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- Bookseller
- Comfort Kraft (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22124
- Title
- The Crystal Desert, Summers in Antarctica
- Author
- Campbell, David G
- Format/Binding
- Hardbound. 8vo. 469 Pgs.
- Book Condition
- Used - Nr Fine in Good- DJ
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Ed 1st Pr
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 039558969X
- ISBN 13
- 9780395589694
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Co
- Place of Publication
- Boston, MA
- Date Published
- 1992
- Keywords
- Antarctic, Wildlife
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We have been selling books since 1999 and take pride in our complete descriptions of our books.
We are (slowly) setting up a B&M store on our country property and hope to have it open ASAP.
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