Life Under Ice 2nd edition: Exploring Antarctic Seas (How Nature Works) - Softcover

Cerullo, Mary M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0884487474 ISBN 13: 9780884487470

Publisher: Tilbury House Publishers, 2019

Synopsis

The organisms that live year-round under the ice of the Antarctic Ocean are truly amazing.

Enormous jellyfish and fish with blood like antifreeze are just a few of the creatures captured in their unique habitat by underwater photographer Bill Curtsinger. This new edition is fully updated and traces the impacts of climate change and ice-shelf melt on the abundant life in the waters beneath a frozen desert.

F&P Level W

Praise for the first edition:

“Antarctica is revealed through Curtsinger’s brilliant, crisp, color photos taken above and below the water and Cerullo’s smooth, clear narrative.” ―School Library Journal  

“With stunning undersea photographs, a fascinating look at the many creatures living near and beneath the waters of Antarctica.” ―Booklist  

“There’s enough weirdness and beauty combined to draw reluctant readers as well as animal lovers and junior ecologists.” ―Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books

color photographs

About this title

About the Author

Mary Cerullo decided at thirteen that she ought to become an oceanographer. Although her career has always centered around the ocean, she discovered that she preferred exploring many different topics, which led her to teach and write about the ocean instead. She likes to immerse herself in her topic, so a few years ago Mary went on an underwater dive with ten Caribbean reef sharks. She has written 20 nonfiction books on ocean life for children, including City Fish, Country Fish, Sharks (a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year), Octopus (a Junior Library Guild Selection), Giant Squid (an Outstanding Science Trade Book selection by the NSTA and the CBC), and The Truth About White Sharks (IRA Teacher’s Choice Award). Mary is the associate director of Friends of Casco Bay, an environmental group on the Gulf of Maine.

 

Bill Curtsinger, like many explorers before him, first traveled to Antarctica as a young sailor.  He was in the Navy Combat Camera Group, assigned to photograph the work of National Science Foundation researchers.  In the years since, Bill's photography has appeared in numerous books and magazines, including National Geographic, Life, Time, Newsweek, Outside, Natural History, and Smithsonian. 

About this edition

• Publisher: Tilbury House Publishers
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 0884487474
• ISBN 13: 9780884487470
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 40