Antarctic Oasis: Under the Spell of South Georgia

By Pauline Carr and Tim Carr

Book Overview

A center of the Norwegian whaling industry in the last century, today a remnant of the far-flung British Empire, South Georgia is a splendid if forbidding land of towering, glacier-clad mountains and a treacherous, storm-torn coast punctuated by sheltered bays. During its brief polar summer, the island's verdant shoreline offers Antarctic wildlife a place to feed, mate, and rear their young. The only humans on the scene, the Carrs have learned intimate details about the lives of whales, penguins, seals, albatrosses, skuas, and many others. In all seasons the Carrs explore South Georgia's uncompromising coast aboard their yacht Curlew . Their deep fascination with the island, its wildlife, and its history will stir the spirit of adventure and discovery in us all.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393046052
• ISBN13: 9780393046052
• Release Date: May 1998
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 3.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 10.3" x 11.3"