Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION
DISCOVERY AND EXPLOITATION
Explorers, Sealers and Whalers
TERRESTRIAL PLANTS AND INSECTS
MARINE INVERTEBRATES
FISH
BIRDS
Penguins
Albatrosses
Petrels and Shearwaters
Cormorants
Sheathbills
Skuas
Gulls
Terns
MAMMALS
Seals
Whales

APPENDICES
South Georgia, Terrestrial and Freshwater Species
The Falkland Islands
Glossary of Snow and Ice
Guidelines for Visitors to the Antarctic
Useful Websites
Further Reading
Author and illustrator acknowledgements

About the Author

Tony Soper was first bowled over by Antarctica when he sailed the furious fifties as lecturer in the pioneer tourist vessel World Discoverer in 1992. After upgrading his ship job to become Expedition Leader for subsequent seasons, sailing in Russian research vessels, designed for work in ice-infested coasts and manned by men with unrivalled experience of ice navigation. 

Dafila Scott is an artist and zoologist, member of the Society of Wildlife Artists and 'Scott of the Antarctic's' grand-daughter.

Reviews

'Here, at last, is the book we
have been waiting for.'
Sir David Attenborough

'Recommended reading'
Wanderlust Travel Magazine