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Summer Ice: Life along the Antarctic Peninsula

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By Bruce McMillan
Publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Summer Ice: Life along the Antarctic Peninsula
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Antarctica, at the bottom of the world, is an island of ice. Even in the summer, temperatures arent much above freezing. Astonishingly, though, the peninsula is a place where life thrives. Penguins raise their young while warding off scavenging birds, whales feed among the ice floes, seals talk underwater in songlike trills, and ice cliffs are painted with the reds and greens of tiny plants. Bruce McMillan, known for his lively and informative nature books, traveled to the Antarctic Peninsula to capture that surprisingly vigorous environment on film. In stunning color photographs and language suited to young naturalists, he brings us his unique view of survival in a land like no other a land of summer ice.

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3932 words3,932 words
48 pages48 pages
Lexile 980LLexile 980L
Published 1995Published 1995

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9780395665619

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