Emperors of the ice
Subtitle: the true story of a terrible journey
By: Richard Farr.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux; Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780374319755
Subjects: Cherry-Garrard, Apsley, -- 1886-1959 -- Juvenile fiction; Wilson, Edward Adrian, -- 1874-1912 -- Juvenile fiction; Scott, Robert Falcon, -- 1868-1912 -- Juvenile fiction; Cherry-Garrard, Apsley, -- 1886-1959 -- Fiction; Wilson, Edward Adrian, -- 1872-1912 -- Fiction; Scott, Robert Falcon, -- 1868-1912 -- Fiction; Explorers -- Fiction; Emperor penguin -- Fiction; Penguins -- Fiction; Antarctica -- Discovery and exploration -- Fiction
Genres: Juvenile fiction.; Fiction.
Description: Apsley "Cherry" Cherry-Garrard shares his adventures as the youngest member of Robert Scott's expedition to Antarctica in the early twentieth century, during which he and Edward Wilson try to learn the evolutionary history of emperor penguins. Includes historical notes.