Author: Bruce McMillan
Hardcover: 48 pages
Age: 8-11

In stunning color photographs and language suited to young naturalists, Bruce McMillan has captured the unique animals and plants that live in the frozen wilderness of Antarctica. He brings readers a view of survival in a land like no other -- a land of summer ice.

The Antarctic Peninsula is the spur of land that stretches across the Antarctic Circle toward South America. After showing the landforms and glacial iceforms there, McMillan turns to the unexpected wealth of summer wildlife: algae and moss, plankton and krill, humpback whales and orcas, skuas and shags, seals and (of course) penguins. While the exceptionally clear, full-color photos are the highlight of the book, the text is informative not just in describing individual species, but also in showing how they relate to each other.

"A handsome introduction to the wildlife of the Antarctic Peninsula." --Carolyn Phelan.

"McMillan's fascinating offering documents the Antarctic and its variety of life forms. He includes informative sections on land plants, seals, whales, and penguins." -- School Library Journal.