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The Last Cold Place: A Field Season Studying Penguins in Antarctica

The Last Cold Place: A Field Season Studying Penguins in Antarctica

de Gracia, Naira

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Biographies GeneralEnvironmental StudiesZoology

Publisher Price: $18.00

ISBN10: 1982182768
ISBN13: 9781982182762
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
Published: Apr 9 2024
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.45
Height: 0.80 Width: 5.40 Depth: 8.30
Language: English
Lab Girl meets Why Fish Don't Exist in this compelling blend of memoir, environmental writing, and scientific exploration (Kirkus Reviews) from a young scientist studying penguins in Antarctica--a firsthand account of the beauty and brutality of this remote climate, the direct effects of climate change on animals, and the challenges of fieldwork.

Offering a dramatic, captivating window into a once-in-a-lifetime experience, The Last Cold Place details Naira de Gracia's time living and working in a remote outpost in Antarctica alongside seals, penguins, and a small crew of fellow field workers. In one of the most inhospitable environments in the world (for humans, anyway), Naira follows a generation of chinstrap penguins from their parents' return to shore to build nests from pebbles until the chicks themselves are old enough to head out to sea.

Naira describes the life cycle of a funny, engaging colony of chinstrap penguins whose food source (krill, or small crustaceans) is powerfully affected by the changing ocean in lively and entertaining anecdotes. Weaving together the history of Antarctic exploration with climate science, field observations, and her own personal journey of growth and reflection, The Last Cold Place illuminates the complex place that Antarctica holds in our cultural imagination--and offers a rare glimpse into life on this uninhabited continent.

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