New Addition - Antarctica: The Global Warning

The library recently received several copies of the sumptuously photographed Antarctica: The Global Warning by Sebastian Copland and published by Earth Aware Editions. It even comes with a DVD. From the publisher:

The fate of Antarctica foretells the fate of the Earth. For more than fifty years, research scientists have studied the frozen continent and its threatened and endangered creatures, including the chinstrap penguins, humpback whales and albatross. The stark yet fragile icy realm may sound our last warning before the impending destruction of the environment.

Sebastian Copeland, an award-winning photographer and environmental activist, witnessed the accelerated devastation of the Antarctica ice shelf while aboard the research vessel Ice Lady Patagonia on behalf of Global Green. He uncovered both the awesome beauty of Antarctica and the alarming warning made visible through his lens. Here he shares images of not only otherworldly glaciers, fields and fjords but also clear signs of massive inroads that climate change has made on the continent. Antarctica features Copeland’s presentation of scientific data and personal insights about climate change including how and why the Polar Regions, north and south, continue to melt at an increasingly rapid pace