Antarctica: The Heart of the World

Description

A fascintaing illustrated guide to Antarctica for children aged 8+ Antarctica is the highest, driest, windiest, coldest, cleanest, most isolated and most peaceful continent on Earth. It is a continent of wilderness, a place of enormous size and energy, of constant change and of great and rare beauty. to enter into Antarctica is to enter into a powerhouse, into the very heart of our Earth. Children can undertake their own journey to Antarctica with this comprehensive and highly illustrated guide. Learn about Antarctica's unique geography, its captivating animal and plant life, its history of human exploration and scientific research. Discover what it's like to live in an Antarctic station and how to survive on the ice. Read interviews with people who have worked in Antarctica as chefs, electricians, ice pilots, scientists and more.

Coral Tulloch has worked in both fiction and non-fiction on more than 50 books for children. She visited Antarctica on the resupply vessel Aurora Australis, with the Australian Antarctic Division's then-titled Humanities program in 1998/99. There she researched the continent and made extensive notes, kept diaries and created drawings that led to the production of this book.