Among Penguins : A Bird Man in Antarctica / / Noah K. Strycker
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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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| Pubblicazione: | Corvallis, Oregon : , : Oregon State University Press, , 2011 |
| ©2011 | |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (207 p., [16] p. of plates ) : col. ill., maps ; |
| Disciplina: | 598.4709989 |
| Soggetto topico: | Penguins - Behavior - Antarctica |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Includes index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Among Penguins |
| ISBN: | 0-87071-617-4 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910972793203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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