The Antarctic Dive Guide : : Fully Revised and Updated Third Edition / / Lisa Eareckson Kelley.

The Antarctic Dive Guide is the first and only dive guide to the seventh continent, until recently the exclusive realm of scientific and military divers. Today, however, the icy waters of Antarctica have become the extreme destination for recreational divers wishing to explore beyond the conventiona...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2015
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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015]
©2015
Year of Publication:2015
Edition:Fully Revised and Updated Third
Language:English
Series:WILDGuides ; 56
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Physical Description:1 online resource (144 p.) :; 200 color photos. 3 halftones. 31 maps.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • A BRIEF HISTORY OF DIVING IN ANTARCTICA
  • THE CONTINENT OF ANTARCTICA
  • DIVING IN ANTARCTICA: PLANNING YOUR VISIT
  • LEOPARD SEALS – A SCIENTIFIC PERSPECTIVE
  • UNDERWATER PHOTOGRAPHY AND VIDEOGRAPHY IN ANTARCTICA
  • OTHER WAYS OF CAPTURING THE UNDERWATER REALM OF ANTARCTICA
  • COMMON BENTHIC LIFE OF THE ANTARCTIC PENINSULA AND SOUTH GEORGIA
  • NATURAL PRODUCT CHEMISTRY FROM ANTARCTIC MARINE ORGANISMS
  • THE DIVE SITES
  • How to use this guide
  • Key to icons used in the guide
  • DIVE SITES OF THE ANTARCTIC PENINSULA
  • DIVE SITES OF SOUTH GEORGIA
  • GUIDANCE FOR VISITORS TO THE ANTARCTIC
  • MARINE WILDLIFE WATCHING GUIDELINES
  • GLOSSARY
  • PHOTO AND ART CREDITS
  • SUGGESTED FURTHER READING
  • ABOUT THE AUTHOR
  • ABOUT THE OTHER CONTRIBUTORS