A polar affair : Antarctica's forgotten hero and the secret love lives of penguins / Lloyd Spencer D...
A polar affair : Antarctica's forgotten hero and the secret love lives of penguins / Lloyd Spencer D...
A polar affair : Antarctica's forgotten hero and the secret love lives of penguins / Lloyd Spencer Davis.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
New York : Pegasus Books, [2019]
Call Numbers
G 2019/4985
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
ix, 358 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
The lure of Antarctica -- All roads lead to Cape Adare -- Cape Adare -- After Cape Adare -- After Antarctica.
Publication information
Publisher
New York : Pegasus Books, [2019]
Edition
First Pegusus Books cloth edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2019]
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Scope and Contents
Summary
George Murray Levick was the physician on Robert Falcon Scott's tragic Antarctic expedition of 1910. Marooned for an Antarctic winter, Levick passed the time by becoming the first man to study penguins up close. His findings were so shocking to Victorian morals that they were quickly suppressed and seemingly lost to history. A century later, Lloyd...
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A polar affair : Antarctica's forgotten hero and the secret love lives of penguins / Lloyd Spencer Davis.
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General note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-348) and index.
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Call Numbers
G 2019/4985
Record Identifier
74VKV5QlXowy
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKV5QlXowy
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ISBN
1643131257
9781643131252
DDC
919.89
MMS ID
991024271318702626
