About the authors Foreword INTRODUCING ANTARCTICA The frozen continent Physical Antarctica Importance of latitude Big ice Geology Political Antarctica PLACES Ushuaia Drake Passage South Shetland Islands Point Wild, Elephant Island Deception Island Whaler's Bay, Deception Island Baily Head, Deception Island Pendulum Cove, Deception Island Half Moon Island Hannah Point, Livingston Island King George Island Arctowski Station, King George Island Yankee Harbour, Greenwich Island Aitcho IslandsAntarctic Peninsula Antarctic Sound Hope Bay Brown Bluff Paulet Island Cuverville Island Paradise Harbour Waterboat Point, Paradise Harbour Brown Station, Paradise Harbour Neumayer Channel Lemaire Channel Port Lockroy Neko Harbour Petermann Island Gerlache Strait Falklands Islands South Georgia Ross Sea Cape Adare Cape Royds Cape Evans McMurdo / Scott Base Ross Ice Shelf LIFE IN ANTARCTICA The terrestrial ecosystem Plants Land-based animals The marine ecosystem The Southern Ocean The marine food web Plankton Sea-floor-dwelling organisms Fish Other vertebrates BIRDS Sea birds Black-browed albatross Grey-headed albatross Light-mantled sooty albatross Royal albatross Wandering albatross Antarctic petrel Cape petrel Snow petrel Southern giant petrel White-chinned petrel Wilson's storm petrel Sooty shearwater Southern fulmar Antarctic prion Antarctic shag Kelp gull Skua Antarctic tern Snowy sheathbill Penguins Adélie penguin Chinstrap penguin Emperor penguin King penguin Gentoo penguin Macaroni penguin Rockhopper penguin Magellanic penguin MAMMALS Seals Antarctic fur seal Crabeater seal Leopard seal Southern elephant seal Ross seal Weddell seal Whales Blue whale Humpback whale Killer whale Minke whale THREATS TO ANTARCTIC CONSERVATION The Antarctic Treaty Conservation Sealing Whaling Fishing Invasion of alien species Ozone depletion Global warmingAnthropogenic ocean acidificationPlastics and microplastics pollution Conservation status of wildlife Guidelines for Visitors Glossary Photograph credits Acknowledgements Index.