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UNINA9910972793203321 |
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Autore |
Strycker Noah K |
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Titolo |
Among Penguins : A Bird Man in Antarctica / / Noah K. Strycker |
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Corvallis, Oregon : , : Oregon State University Press, , 2011 |
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©2011 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (207 p., [16] p. of plates ) : col. ill., maps ; |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Penguins - Behavior - Antarctica |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover Page -- Frontispiece -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- 1. Whiteout -- 2. Why? -- 3. South -- 4. Arrival -- 5. McMurdo -- 6. Coffee House -- 7. A Very Brief History of Penguins -- 8. Ice Figure -- 9. Visitor -- 10. Home -- 11. Crozier -- 12. Snowcraft -- 13. Bucketheads -- 14. Flying Machines -- 15. Touchdown -- 16. Among Penguins -- 17. Area M -- 18. Metropolis -- 19. Man Hauling -- 20. Life of a Penguin -- 21. Wrangling -- 22. Penguin Science -- 23. Schedule -- 24. Never Trust a Penguin -- 25. Gap Year -- 26. Emperors -- 27. Roughed Up -- 28. Blondie and Blackie -- 29. Seawatching -- 30. Satellite Tags -- 31. Thanksgiving -- 32. Young Birders -- 33. Stranded -- 34. The Chase -- 35. Penguin Traffic -- 36. Christmas -- 37. Heat Wave -- 38. Bird Bums -- 39. Banding -- 40. Aftermath -- Acknowledgments -- Index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The year he graduated from college, 22-year-old Noah Strycker was dropped by helicopter in a remote Antarctic field camp with two bird scientists and a three months' supply of frozen food.His subjects: more than a quarter million penguins. |
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