A visitor's guide to South Georgia : the essential guide for any visitor /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Poncet, Sally (Autor), Crosbie, Kim (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey ; Woodstock : Princeton University Press, [2012]
Edición:2nd edition.
Colección:WildGuides.
Temas:
Birds > South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands > South Georgia.
Animals > South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands > South Georgia.
Oiseaux > Géorgie du Sud et Sandwich du Sud > Géorgie du Sud.
NATURE > General.
Animals.
Birds.
South Georgia (South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands) > Guidebooks.
Géorgie du Sud (Géorgie du Sud et Sandwich du Sud) > Guides.
South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands > South Georgia.
Guidebooks.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • A Message from Nigel Haywood
  • Foreword
  • About this Guide
  • Tips for Visitors
  • Natural History of South Georgia
  • Oceans and Climate
  • Geology
  • Glaciers and Landforms
  • Vegetation
  • Wildlife
  • Introduced species
  • A Brief History of South Georgia
  • The Discovery of South Georgia
  • The Sealers
  • The Explorers
  • Carl Anton Larsen and the Whaling Industry
  • The Discovery Investigations
  • Duncan Carse and the South Georgia Surveys 1951-57
  • Establishing British Antarctic Survey Research
  • South Georgia, A Diplomacy Case
  • Current Activities
  • Stamps
  • Government Administration
  • Tourism
  • South Georgia Fisheries
  • Fisheries Research at King Edward Point
  • Seabird and Seal Research
  • Longline Fisheries and Seabirds
  • The Approach to South Georgia
  • Key to site maps
  • Key Information
  • Wandering Albatrosses
  • Burrowing Petrels
  • Life at Leith Harbour
  • Southern Elephant Seals
  • King Penguins
  • Fur Seals
  • The Sites
  • Elsehul
  • Prion Island
  • Salisbury Plain
  • Prince Olav Harbour
  • Fortuna Bay
  • Hercules Bay
  • Leith Harbour
  • Shackleton Walk
  • Stromness Harbour
  • Husvik
  • Jason Harbour
  • Grytviken &amp
  • King Edward Point
  • Maiviken
  • Cobblers Cove
  • Godthul
  • Ocean Harbour
  • St Andrews Bay
  • Moltke Harbour
  • Will Point &amp
  • Brisbane Point
  • Gold Harbour
  • Cooper Bay
  • Drygalski Fjord &amp
  • Larsen Harbour
  • King Haakon Bay
  • Checklist of the Fauna and Flora of South Georgia
  • Bird Breeding Calendar
  • Bibliography
  • Useful Addresses and Websites
  • Photo/Art Credits
  • Acknowledgements
  • List of Figures
  • Bathymetry and ocean currents around South Georgia
  • Monthly mean max/min temperatures
  • Rainfall and cloud cover
  • Simplified geological map
  • Glacial features
  • Key to South Georgia wildlife habitats.
  • Köppen Point wildlife map (1883)
  • South Georgia wandering albatross foraging tracks
  • The decline in the wandering albatross population
  • Bottom longlining
  • Burrowing petrel habitat
  • List of Maps
  • Elsehul
  • Prion Island
  • Salisbury Plain
  • Prince Olav Harbour
  • Fortuna Bay
  • Hercules Bay
  • Leith Harbour
  • Shackleton Walk
  • Husvik
  • Jason Harbour
  • Grytviken &amp
  • King Edward Point
  • Maiviken
  • Cobblers Cove
  • Godthul
  • Ocean Harbour
  • St Andrews Bay
  • Moltke Harbour
  • Will Point &amp
  • Brisbane Point
  • Gold Harbour
  • Cooper Bay
  • Drygalski Fjord &amp
  • Larsen Harbour
  • King Haakon Bay.

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