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02074aam a2200325 4500 001 9741A7F6E32E11EDB38E8FA33FECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230425010051 008 230323s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 010 $a bl2023012974 020 $a 198218275X 020 $a 9781982182755 040 $d TxAuBib $d SILO 100 1 $a De Gracia, Naira,. 245 14 $a The last cold place : $b a field season studying penguins in Antarctica / $c Naira de Gracia. 250 $a First Scribner hardcover edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Scribner, $c 2023. 300 $a xiv, 240 pages ; $c 24 cm. 520 $a "Naira de Gracia's The Last Cold Place offers a dramatic, captivating window into a once-in-a-lifetime experience: a season living and working in a remote outpost in Antarctica alongside seals, penguins, and a small crew of fellow field workers. In one of the most inhospitable environments in the world (for humans, anyway), Naira follows a generation of chinstrap penguins from their parents' return to shore to build nests from pebbles until the chicks themselves are old enough to head out to sea. In lively and entertaining anecdotes, Naira describes the life cycle of a funny, engaging colony of chinstrap penguins whose food source (krill, or small crustaceans) is powerfully affected by the changing ocean. Weaving together the history of Antarctic exploration with climate science, field observations, and her own personal journey of growth and reflection, The Last Cold Place illuminates the complex place that Antarctica holds in our cultural imagination--and offers a rare glimpse into life on this uninhabited continent."-- 541 $d 20230412. 650 1 $a Penguins. 651 $a Antarctica. 941 $a 6 952 $l SFPH074 $d 20240314025729.0 952 $l NYPE343 $d 20231121010759.0 952 $l ETPD745 $d 20231025014853.0 952 $l YTPG232 $d 20231005012407.0 952 $l KWPE446 $d 20230929010825.0 952 $l SHPC094 $d 20230425012005.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=9741A7F6E32E11EDB38E8FA33FECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search