Antarctica Cruising Guide

Peter Carey is a zoologist and educational tourism consultant who has worked in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean since 1983. He has conducted research as a scientist with the New Zealand Antarctic Programme and the Australian Antarctic Program, and worked as an expedition leader and lecturer on many Antarctic cruise ships. Peter is the director of the SubAntarctic Foundation for Ecosystems Research (www.subantarctic.com), a non-profit conservation organisation that is improving wildlife habitat in the Falkland Islands, and a Global Fellow of the Polar Institute of the Wilson Center. Craig Franklin is a professor in zoology in the School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, Australia. He has made more than 30 trips to Antarctica, including ten research expeditions as part of the New Zealand Antarctic Programme. He has published over 260 scientific works, including papers in journals Nature, Science, and Nature Climate Change. His research focuses on how animals such as fish, frogs, and crocodiles can survive and function in extreme and hostile environments. Internationally he is recognised as a leading proponent of the emerging field of conservation physiology, and several of his research projects assess the impact of human-induced environmental change on animals. His Antarctic research has looked at the impact of temperature increases on the physiology and survival of fish. He is a strong advocate of wildlife conservation and spends his annual holidays lecturing on cruise boats about the Antarctic ecosystem and its spectacular wildlife.

About the authors
Foreword
INTRODUCING ANTARCTICA
The frozen continent
Physical Antarctica
Importance of latitude
Big ice
Geology
Political Antarctica
PLACES
Ushuaia
Drake Passage
South Shetland Islands
Point Wild, Elephant Island
Deception Island
Whaler's Bay, Deception Island
Baily Head, Deception Island
Pendulum Cove, Deception Island
Half Moon Island
Hannah Point, Livingston Island
King George Island
Arctowski Station, King George Island
Yankee Harbour, Greenwich Island
Aitcho IslandsAntarctic Peninsula
Antarctic Sound
Hope Bay
Brown Bluff
Paulet Island
Cuverville Island
Paradise Harbour
Waterboat Point, Paradise Harbour
Brown Station, Paradise Harbour
Neumayer Channel
Lemaire Channel
Port Lockroy
Neko Harbour
Petermann Island
Gerlache Strait
Falklands Islands
South Georgia Ross
Sea Cape
Adare Cape
Royds Cape
Evans McMurdo / Scott Base
Ross Ice Shelf
LIFE IN ANTARCTICA
The terrestrial ecosystem
Plants
Land-based animals
The marine ecosystem
The Southern Ocean
The marine food web
Plankton
Sea-floor-dwelling organisms
Fish
Other vertebrates
BIRDS
Sea birds
Black-browed albatross
Grey-headed albatross
Light-mantled sooty albatross
Royal albatross
Wandering albatross
Antarctic petrel
Cape petrel
Snow petrel
Southern giant petrel
White-chinned petrel
Wilson's storm petrel
Sooty shearwater
Southern fulmar
Antarctic prion
Antarctic shag
Kelp gull
Skua Antarctic tern
Snowy sheathbill
Penguins
Adélie penguin
Chinstrap penguin
Emperor penguin
King penguin
Gentoo penguin
Macaroni penguin
Rockhopper penguin
Magellanic penguin
MAMMALS
Seals
Antarctic fur seal
Crabeater seal
Leopard seal
Southern elephant seal
Ross seal
Weddell seal
Whales
Blue whale
Humpback whale
Killer whale
Minke whale
THREATS TO ANTARCTIC CONSERVATION
The Antarctic Treaty
Conservation
Sealing
Whaling
Fishing
Invasion of alien species
Ozone depletion
Global warmingAnthropogenic ocean acidificationPlastics and microplastics pollution
Conservation status of wildlife
Guidelines for Visitors
Glossary
Photograph credits
Acknowledgements
Index