Abstract
In the summer of 2001–2002, the British-based Australian author
Meredith Hooper spent the season at Palmer Station, the United States’
scientific base on Anvers Island in the western Antarctic Peninsula. She
had first visited that area in the summer of 1998–1999, and was keen
to return, taken in by the place and its penguins. She wanted especially
to understand climate change; Palmer’s penguins, studied in depth over
decades by the American seabird ecologist Bill Fraser, would help her do
so.
Meredith Hooper spent the season at Palmer Station, the United States’
scientific base on Anvers Island in the western Antarctic Peninsula. She
had first visited that area in the summer of 1998–1999, and was keen
to return, taken in by the place and its penguins. She wanted especially
to understand climate change; Palmer’s penguins, studied in depth over
decades by the American seabird ecologist Bill Fraser, would help her do
so.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Antarctica and the humanities |
Editors | Peder Roberts, Lize-Marie van der Watt, Adrian Howkins |
Place of Publication | London |
Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
Chapter | 8 |
Pages | 181-203 |
Number of pages | 23 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781137545756 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781137545749 |
Publication status | Published - 2016 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Antarctica
- Anvers Island
- scientific base
- Palmer Station
- Adelie penguin