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A Visitor's Guide to South Georgia: Second Edition
This is the only illustrated guide specifically tailored to the needs of visitors to this remote and captivating part of the world, and it is the ideal book for armchair naturalists.
A Visitor's Guide to South Georgia features hundreds of color photographs of the diverse wildlife and breathtaking scenery to be found at this unique tourist destination. It includes extensive and up-to-date coverage of all wildlife groups―from albatrosses and petrels to seals and penguins―as well as color maps and detailed information for the 23 key visitor sites. This stunning photographic guide describes the history, geology, and culture of South Georgia. It also provides a checklist of all fauna and flora as well as valuable tips for visitors to the islands, and the book’s wirebound format enables it to fold out flat for easy use in a water-protective holder.
A Visitor's Guide to South Georgia features hundreds of color photographs of the diverse wildlife and breathtaking scenery to be found at this unique tourist destination. It includes extensive and up-to-date coverage of all wildlife groups―from albatrosses and petrels to seals and penguins―as well as color maps and detailed information for the 23 key visitor sites. This stunning photographic guide describes the history, geology, and culture of South Georgia. It also provides a checklist of all fauna and flora as well as valuable tips for visitors to the islands, and the book’s wirebound format enables it to fold out flat for easy use in a water-protective holder.
184 pages, Spiral-bound
First published December 1, 2005
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January 13, 2022
So no, I am definitely NOT going to be finishing with A Visitor's Guide to South Georgia: The Essential Guide for Any Visitor. Because honestly, although author Sally Poncet does provide some interesting factual information on Antarctic (or rather on South Georgian) wildlife and in particular on endemic bird species (and certainly shows us many pretty spectacular photographs), the very annoying and personally anger inducting fact of the matter that Sally Poncet is with A Visitor's Guide to South Georgia: The Essential Guide for Any Visitor in my humble opinion actively promoting Antarctic tourism, that Poncet is basically telling her readers that South Georgia (and for me also by extension other parts of Antarctica) are desirable travel destinations, well, this truly makes me shake my head with at best rather major annoyance and frustration, and has also made me feel rather majorly uncomfortable regarding Sally Poncet's attitude towards environmental protection and trying to keep Antarctica pristine or at least as pristine as possible.
Because considering that many experts on Antarctica are now very specifically warning that the increasing human presence in Antarctica and on its islands for both scientific research and in particular and even more so for tourist and adventure travel reasons and purposes is actually both continuously disturbing fragile ecosystems and also importing many invasive species, well for me, it really does massively annoy and frustrate me to no end not only how much of a "visit Antarctica" mantra Sally Poncet's text always features, but also that from my point of view, Poncet as a trained scientist familiar with South Georgia (and having done much research there) should absolutely NOT be in any way promoting tourism in Antarctica with her A Visitor's Guide to South Georgia: The Essential Guide for Any Visitor, that she definitely should majorly know and understand how much potential destruction and environmental mayhem the increasing human presence in Antarctica and on its islands is causing or at least can cause. And that therefore her guide for visitors wanting to travel to and to experience South Georgia in person, that A Visitor's Guide to South Georgia: The Essential Guide for Any Visitor, well it is at best majorly environmentally problematic and as such also totally not to be recommended, just like I will also and equally totally say that tourists should not at all be visiting any parts of Antarctica, period (for yes, if you care about protecting Antarctica from invasive species and its ecosystems from suffering, stay away, do not AT ALL AND FOR ANY REASON consider visiting).
Because considering that many experts on Antarctica are now very specifically warning that the increasing human presence in Antarctica and on its islands for both scientific research and in particular and even more so for tourist and adventure travel reasons and purposes is actually both continuously disturbing fragile ecosystems and also importing many invasive species, well for me, it really does massively annoy and frustrate me to no end not only how much of a "visit Antarctica" mantra Sally Poncet's text always features, but also that from my point of view, Poncet as a trained scientist familiar with South Georgia (and having done much research there) should absolutely NOT be in any way promoting tourism in Antarctica with her A Visitor's Guide to South Georgia: The Essential Guide for Any Visitor, that she definitely should majorly know and understand how much potential destruction and environmental mayhem the increasing human presence in Antarctica and on its islands is causing or at least can cause. And that therefore her guide for visitors wanting to travel to and to experience South Georgia in person, that A Visitor's Guide to South Georgia: The Essential Guide for Any Visitor, well it is at best majorly environmentally problematic and as such also totally not to be recommended, just like I will also and equally totally say that tourists should not at all be visiting any parts of Antarctica, period (for yes, if you care about protecting Antarctica from invasive species and its ecosystems from suffering, stay away, do not AT ALL AND FOR ANY REASON consider visiting).
December 20, 2014
...and I still have not quite managed to get there...
April 23, 2018
A thorough look at the island of South Georgia, featuring details on various locations, wildlife, landforms, and history, as well as a few tips for visitors concerning each site. Also covers current activities in South Georgia, such as fishing, stamps, and tourism.
One "unnecessary" addition that I greatly appreciate are the beautiful pencil sketches by artist Mandy Shepherd, scattered throughout the book. They add a little something extra, as does the forward by Keith Shackleton.
This book is part of my collection on research aids for South Georgia, and one I refer to frequently when I have a question about the island.
One "unnecessary" addition that I greatly appreciate are the beautiful pencil sketches by artist Mandy Shepherd, scattered throughout the book. They add a little something extra, as does the forward by Keith Shackleton.
This book is part of my collection on research aids for South Georgia, and one I refer to frequently when I have a question about the island.
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