Bird Island in Antarctic Waters

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Few maps show the location of Bird Island -- a lonely outcrop in the South Georgia group where Antarctic waters push against the Atlantic east of Cape Horn. Its forbidding flanks invite few human visitors. But for those who reach its shores there are rich.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Parmelee, David F.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 1980.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Birds.
Birds > Antarctica > Bird Island.
Antarctic Ocean > Bird Island.
Bird Island (Antarctica)
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface and Acknowledgments; Bird Island Species; Table of Contents; South with the Fids; The Tussock Isles; Lönnberg House: The First Night; Tussock, Wildlife, and Wind; Blue Petrels; The Monarchs of Bird Island; Saturday Night at Lönnberg House; Scavenging Tussock Ducks; Stinkers; Blue-Eyed Shags; Farewell Point; Skuas; Last Impressions; Selected Bibliography; Index.

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