LEADER 02851nam 2200577 a 450 001 9910785965103321 005 20230801224955.0 010 $a0-19-165190-7 010 $a1-283-64394-4 010 $a0-19-165189-3 035 $a(CKB)2670000000269037 035 $a(EBL)1043144 035 $a(OCoLC)813397878 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000756085 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12326737 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000756085 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10731847 035 $a(PQKB)11221861 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1043144 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1043144 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10610329 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL395644 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000269037 100 $a20121011d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aIslands beyond the horizon$b[electronic resource] $ethe life of twenty of the world's most remote places /$fRoger Lovegrove 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aOxford $cOxford University Press$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (255 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-872757-7 311 $a0-19-960649-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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; L 327 $aMN; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z 330 $aIslands 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-balance 606 $aIslands 615 0$aIslands. 676 $a577.52 700 $aLovegrove$b Roger$0857938 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910785965103321 996 $aIslands beyond the horizon$93827643 997 $aUNINA