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Arctic: A guide to coastal wildlife (Bradt Wildlife Guides) - Softcover

Soper, Tony

 
9781841623801: Arctic: A guide to coastal wildlife (Bradt Wildlife Guides)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1841623806 ISBN 13: 9781841623801
Verlag: Bradt Travel Guides, 2012

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An engaging and beautifully illustrated guide to the birds, animals and marine life of the Arctic Ocean and its polar fringes. Tony Soper's expert knowledge is richly supplemented with full-color illustrations by award-winning wildlife artist Dan Powell. This edition includes a new section on the distinct flora and fauna of the Bering Sea, an area about to see a significant increase in visitor numbers as a result of changes in the ice cover. Many expedition operators recommend this guide. Tony Soper has presented programmes for the BBC. Dan Powell is an award-winning illustrator.

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Dan Powell has been a wildlife artist since graduating from Dyfed College of Art in Wales in 1983. He was honoured as British Birds Illustrator of the Year in 1996. His work has appeared in numerous books and journals, includingmany publications by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, on subjects ranging from parrots to dragonflies. He is happiest when out sketching in the field - especially when stuck in the middle of a bog.

Tony Soper is a veteran natural-history presenter, film maker, lecturer and author.

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Typically, belugas swim steadily along the surface, unlike most other whales, breathing in a rather thin steamy burst a couple of times a minute. They spend a lot of time under the pack ice, with the broad and flexible head used as a cushion to lift the floes in order to breathe. They can break through as much as 100cm of solid ice.

They are a talkative species – a ‘gam’ of belugas would be the perfect description for a pod whose species was known to whalers as the sea canary because of its varied and musical vocabulary. They indulge in trills, clicks, squeals, bell sounds, whistles and raspberries, sounds which are heard clearly above the surface.

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Verlag
Bradt Travel Guides
Erscheinungsdatum
2012
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1841623806
ISBN 13 
9781841623801
Einband
Taschenbuch
Zeichner
Powell Dan
Auflage
3
Anzahl der Seiten
160
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