Arctic & Antarctic / written by Barbara Taylor ; photographed by Geoff Brightling.

DK Eyewitness Arctic & Antarctic (cover title)
Arctic and Antarctic (other title)
Eyewitness Arctic & Antarctic (other title)

Taylor, Barbara, 1954- (author.). Brightling, Geoff, (photographer.).

Summary:

"Explore the icy ends of the Earth, home to some of the world's most extreme habitats. Uncover the survival secrets of penguins and polar bears and find out how people live and do research in the coldest conditions."-- Back cover.

Record details

ISBN: 9780593842430
ISBN: 059384243X
ISBN: 9780593842423
ISBN: 0593842421
ISBN: 9798368713014
Physical Description: 72 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color), photographs (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
Edition: Revised edition.
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : DK, 2024.

Content descriptions

General Note:

First published in 1995--Title page verso.

"New edition"--Cover.

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

The ends of the Earth -- The Arctic and tundra -- Antarctica -- In Antarctic waters -- Residents and visitors -- Adaptable animals -- Survival of the fittest -- Birds of the Arctic -- Birds of the Antarctic -- Sky lords -- Ocean wanderer -- Penguin parade -- Emperors of the Antarctic -- King of the Arctic -- Mighty moose -- Tundra life -- Reindeer and caribou -- Company of wolves -- The walrus -- Suited to the sea -- Giants of the seas -- A herding life -- Hunters of the north -- European explorers -- Race for the pole -- Life in the Arctic -- Polar research -- Life at polar stations -- Human impacts on the poles -- Mapping Antarctica -- Mapping the Arctic -- Polar climate -- Species status.