| Description |
1 online resource (x, 140 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates) : illustrations (some color) |
| Contents |
Preface and Acknowledgments; Bird Island Species; Table of Contents; South with the Fids; The Tussock Isles; Lönnberg House: The First Night; Tussock, Wildlife, and Wind; Blue Petrels; The Monarchs of Bird Island; Saturday Night at Lönnberg House; Scavenging Tussock Ducks; Stinkers; Blue-Eyed Shags; Farewell Point; Skuas; Last Impressions; Selected Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
Few maps show the location of Bird Island -- a lonely outcrop in the South Georgia group where Antarctic waters push against the Atlantic east of Cape Horn. Its forbidding flanks invite few human visitors. But for those who reach its shores there are rich |
| Notes |
"The adventures of an artist/ornithologist on a lonely outcrop in the far South Atlantic"--Cover |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 135) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Birds -- Antarctica -- Bird Island.
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Bird Island (Antarctica)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
79027456 |
| ISBN |
0816609403 (paperback) |
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0816663920 (electronic bk.) |
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9780816609406 (paperback) |
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9780816663927 (electronic bk.) |
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