Scientists in the Wild: Antarctica
Take a deep dive into the science surrounding the Antarctic, revealing how scientists work in remote, challenging places, armed with cutting edge research tools and technologies.
The reader is invited to join a crew of scientist as they sail around Antarctica studying one of the most vulnerable environments on the planet. Discover how scientists work in extreme environments, and how scientific methods have been adapted to suit this unique location. Join the team as they use drones and satellites in space to monitor colonies of penguins, seals and albatrosses, observe the team’s palaeontologist studying fossils that show Antarctica used to be covered in forests home to dinosaurs. Search for nesting icefish on the seabed using a deep-diving robot and help glaciologists unlock the secrets of the ice using ice cores and space lasers and finally experience the south pole sunrise after six months of darkness.
Creators
Dr Kate Hendry has lived for almost two years in total in the Arctic and Antarctica. In 2017, she was chief scientist on a research expedition to Greenland. She studies the impact of climate change and plastic pollution, advising governments on how to protect our seas. In 2022 she took up a senior position at the British Antarctic Survey.
Helen Scales is a writer, marine biologist, broadcaster and scuba diver whose work focuses on oceans and their inhabitants. She has a masters degree in Tropical Coastal Management from Newcastle University and a PhD from Cambridge University, UK.
Rômolo D'Hipólito is a Brazilian artist and illustrator. He is the winner of the 2019 Golden Pinwheel Special Mention Award and the 2018 Ibero-America Ilustra Catalog Official Selection.
Reviews
Written by experts in their field, this fascinating book is full of amazing facts and discoveries. The Antarctic is a topic which is included at key stage 2 in the UK, so l am sure this book will stimulate children into thinking seriously about protecting our planet and the implications of climate change. It is well organized and easy to navigate; we are introduced at the start of the book to a team of scientists and then to their amazing ship, which is ice strengthened and ready for the extreme conditions it will encounter. The double-page spreads are filled with facts which will provide an excellent springboard for further investigations and projects on this incredible part of our planet. The authors are sisters and part of the team. Highly qualified, they present the facts about this part of our planet in a simple and concise manner. The book contains lots of fact boxes and an excellent glossary. An impressive addition to the present series, it would be a worthy investment for any class or school library.
The School Librarian
Explore the changing environment in one of the most extreme places on Earth and learn how scientists are finding practical ways we can help look after Antarctica. Aimed at readers aged seven and up.
The Bookseller
