The Crystal Desert: Summers in Antarctica (Advance Reading Copy)

Boston, Massachusetts: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1992. Advance Reading Copy. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Advance Reading Copy. Page ridges lightly foxed. 1992 Trade Paperback. 297 pp. Winner of the John Burroughs Medal for excellence in natural history in 1994. The winner of the Houghton Mifflin Literary Fellowship Award surveys the history of the Antarctica Peninsula, from its exploration to its exploitation to the researches of contemporary scientists, and explores the evolution of its unusual animal life.