My penguin year : life among the emperors
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Author
Published
New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2019].
Format
Book
Edition
First U.S. edition.
ISBN
9780062971364, 0062971360
Physical Desc
vii, 292 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, color portraits ; 24 cm
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Published
New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2019].
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9780062971364, 0062971360
Notes
General Note
Originally published in the UK in 2019 by Hodder & Stoughton, a Hachette UK company.
Description
A memoir of life with an emperor penguin colony, illustrated with 32 pages of exclusive photography.
Description
For 337 days, award-winning wildlife cameraman Lindsay McCrae intimately followed 11,000 emperor penguins amid the singular beauty of Antarctica. This is his masterful chronicle of one penguin colony's astonishing journey of life, death, and rebirth--and of the extraordinary human experience of living amongst them in the planet's harshest environment. A miracle occurs each winter in Antarctica. As temperatures plummet 60 degrees below zero and the sea around the remote southern continent freezes, emperors--the largest of all penguins--begin marching up to 100 miles over solid ice to reach their breeding grounds. They are the only animals to breed in the depths of this, the worst winter on the planet; and in an unusual role reversal, the males incubate the eggs, fasting for over 100 days to ensure they introduce their chicks safely into their new frozen world. My Penguin Year recounts McCrae's remarkable adventure to the end of the Earth. He observed every aspect of a breeding emperor's life, facing the inevitable sacrifices that came with living his childhood dream, and grappling with the personal obstacles that, being over 15,000km away from the comforts of home, almost proved too much. Out of that experience, he has written an unprecedented portrait of Antarctica's most extraordinary residents.
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Bernards Township Library - Adult Nonfiction | 598.47 MCCRAE MCC | Available |
Bernardsville Public Library - Adult Nonfiction | 598.47 MCC | Available |
East Hanover Library - Adult Nonfiction | 598.47 MCC | Available |
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
McCrae, L. (2019). My penguin year: life among the emperors (First U.S. edition.). William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)McCrae, Lindsay. 2019. My Penguin Year: Life Among the Emperors. William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)McCrae, Lindsay. My Penguin Year: Life Among the Emperors William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2019.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)McCrae, Lindsay. My Penguin Year: Life Among the Emperors First U.S. edition., William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2019.
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