
Tremendous detail ! - This must be the most comprehensive single-volume work on Antarctic and Southern Ocean wildlife ever produced.The book is packed with superb photos and paintings, distribution maps and checklists and will be a valuable reference work for travellers, real or armchair. In addition to the biology there are useful sections on history, geography and exploration. The text throughout is detailed and informative. Great credit is due to the editorial and production teams.As a biologist who has spent a little time in the Antarctic, I can wholeheartedly recommend this book (although I would love to see fish, marine invertebrates and also lichens and mosses getting mention in more detail in any future editions!)If you buy only one book on Antarctic animals, this is the one to get !