02855nam 2200577 a 450 991046176250332120200520144314.01-283-64394-40-19-165189-3(CKB)2670000000269037(EBL)1043144(OCoLC)813397878(SSID)ssj0000756085(PQKBManifestationID)12326737(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000756085(PQKBWorkID)10731847(PQKB)11221861(MiAaPQ)EBC1043144(Au-PeEL)EBL1043144(CaPaEBR)ebr10610329(CaONFJC)MIL395644(EXLCZ)99267000000026903720121011d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrIslands beyond the horizon[electronic resource] the life of twenty of the world's most remote places /Roger Lovegrove1st ed.Oxford Oxford University Press20121 online resource (255 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-872757-7 0-19-960649-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; List of Figures; List of Plates; Maps; Introduction; 1. Wrangel Island; 2. Chinijo Archipelago; 3. Jan Mayen; 4. Mykines; 5. Guam; 6. San Blas Islands; 7. Ascension Island; 8. Fernando de Noronha; 9. Mingulay; 10. Pico in the Azores; 11. Tristan da Cunha; 12. Vigur; 13. St Kilda; 14. South Georgia; 15. Halfmoon Island; 16. Great Skellig; 17. Ile aux Aigrettes; 18. Solovetski Islands; 19. St Peter and St Paul Rocks; 20. Tuamotu Archipelago; Epilogue; Appendix: Scientific names of species; Notes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; LMN; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; ZIslands have an irresistible attraction and an enduring appeal. Naturalist Roger Lovegrove has visited many of the most remote islands in the world, and in this book he takes the reader to twenty that fascinate him the most. Some are familiar but most are little known; they range from the storm-bound island of South Georgia and the ice-locked Arctic island of Wrangel to the wind-swept, wave-lashed Mykines and St Kilda. The range is diverse and spectacular; and whether distant, offshore, inhabited, uninhabited, tropical or polar, each is a unique self-contained habitat with a delicately-balanceIslandsElectronic books.Islands.577.52Lovegrove Roger857938MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910461762503321Islands beyond the horizon1915554UNINA