Informed by Lynch's nearly forty years of experience observing and photographing bears in the wild, and aided by sophisticated digital photo technologies, Bears of the North is an unrivaled collection of enthralling and informative portraits of bears in their natural environments.
With the worldwide success of the movie March of the Penguins , these fascinating flightless birds have become a symbol of the fragile nature of our ecosystem. Faced with global warming, invasive tourism, pollution and loss of habitat, penguins need our help more than ever to survive. Over the last 18 years, Wayne Lynch has travelled thousands of miles to Antarctica, the Galápagos Islands, Argentina, Chile, New Zealand and a dozen remote island clusters in the tempestuous Southern Ocean to study and photograph the 17 species of penguins in their natural habitats. In Penguins of the World , he documents the extraordinary life cycle of these tough, resourceful and beautiful birds in some of the harshest environments imaginable. Lynch's prose is engaging and easy-to-read, and his beautiful photographs capture the birds in a wide variety of activities and behaviours. Penguins of the World is a book not to be missed by anyone interested in the future of life on this planet.
"The 2005 Luc Jacquet documentary March of the Penguins won an Oscar for its depiction of emperor penguins' fifty-kilometer trek over sea ice to their breeding grounds. While such a trek may be common for emperors breeding in colonies around the Antarctic perimeter, it is not the case for the largest colonies in the Ross Sea. To understand emperor penguins here, we must follow them on four critical journeys, each with its own challenges and hazards. In this compelling and accessible book, comparative biologist Jerry Kooyman and writer and fellow Antarctic explorer Jim Mastro offer a detailed explanation of all four journeys. The first person to live in isolation for months to study these remarkable, deep-diving birds, Kooyman presents new stories and scientific descriptions with never-before-seen photographs and videos from the very edge. Kooyman has spent over two decades voyaging to the Antarctic and studying these penguins, and he is known among his fellow researchers at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography as "the penguin guy." With this book, readers will have a chance to explore alongside Kooyman and Mastro-and understand in new ways the lives of these remarkable and supremely adapted birds"-- Provided by publisher
A beautiful book of wildlife photographs of birds and mammals of the snow and ice of the arctic and far north latitudes, with a text by two eminent biologists.
The call of the loon has captivated people's imagination for centuries. From its prehistoric evolution and mythical ancestry to its precarious existence today in water habitats fed by acid rain, the loon is a survivor, a creature for our time. This informative text covers the full range of loon species, from common loons to red-throated loons to the loons of the Arctic and Pacific, with over 120 full color photos.
"The Arctic, the mystical lands north of 60 degrees, is a cold and forbidding place that is covered in ice and snow for most of the year. Yet each spring the Arctic becomes a land of unforgettable beauty, when a profusion of life explodes across the entire landscape. The Arctic is so different from the more temperate regions of Earth that author and photographer Wayne Lynch presents this region as though it were a different planet. In Planet Arctic, the reader can experience this land through the lens of a master photographer who has spent 30 years exploring and photographing this vast region. Lynch fully understands and appreciates Arctic birds, plants and animals in all their mystery. Here is the world of the polar bear, the arctic fox, the seal, the walrus and the musk ox, as well as a vast array of seabirds and exquisite, hardy wildflowers and ancient lichens. Lynch's enthusiasm is contagious, and the photos, testament to his unerring eye for beauty, will captivate readers. Complex natural history concepts are decoded as Lynch describes the magnificent life-forms that inhabit this distant and frigid yet spectacular world -- one that is under increasing stress from global warming and climate change."--Publisher's description.
Emocjonująca wyprawa w głąb krainy wiecznego lodu śladami pingwinów cesarskich O pingwinach cesarskich można mówić same niezwykłe rzeczy i ani razu nie skłamać. Są największe ze wszystkich pingwinów, najgłębiej nurkują, potrafią najdłużej wstrzymać oddech. Żyją w najzimniejszych i najbardziej odizolowanych miejscach. Jako jedyne mają złote pióra na piersi. Poruszają się dostojnie ze skrzydłami przyciśniętymi do boków, a nie rozłożonymi w celu utrzymania równowagi. Wciąż jednak niewiele o nich wiemy. Jak utrzymują ciepło i jak ich skóra pozostaje sucha na takich głębokościach? Jak wstrzymują oddech na wystarczająco długo? Jak widzą w czasie polowań? Jak ich narządy radzą sobie z ciśnieniem panującym na 500 metrach pod powierzchnią oceanu? To przecież ponad 51 kilogramów naciskających na każdy centymetr kwadratowy ciała! Kiedy raz uległem czarowi pingwina cesarskiego, nic już nie mogło zdjąć ze mnie tego uroku, wyznaje Gerald Kooyman, stary wyjadacz wypraw antarktycznych. Wzbogacony o piękne zdjęcia i nagrania dostępne w internecie pasjonujący reportaż Pingwiny cesarskie jest przesycony szacunkiem do tych wspaniałych stworzeń i fascynacją ich ogromnymi możliwościami.