Antarctica

Professor David Walton began work in 1967 with the British Antarctic Survey (BAS). He is now an Emeritus Fellow at BAS, publishing papers and books on many aspects of Antarctica. Professor Walton represented the international Antarctic scientific community at Antarctic Treaty Meetings for 14 years and was awarded the first SCAR medal for International Scientific Coordination. He was also awarded a Polar Medal by the Queen. The author of more than 100 scientific papers, and more than 250 reviews, popular articles and reports, he has also written and edited several books and has been the editor in chief of the international journal Antarctic Science for the last 25 years.

• Introduction David Walton; 1. Discovering the unknown continent David Walton; 2. The continental jigsaw Brian Storey; 3. Ice with everything Valerie Masson-Delmotte; 4. Climate of extremes John Cassano; 5. Stormy and icy seas Eberhard Fahrbach; 6. Life in a cold environment Peter Convey, Angelika Brandt and Steve Nicol; 7. Space research from Antarctica Louis Lanzerotti and Alan Weatherwax; 8. Living and working in the cold Lou Sanson; 9. Scientists together on the ice Colin Summerhayes; 10. Managing the frozen commons Olav Orheim; 11. Antarctica and global change Alan Rodger; Appendix: visiting Antarctica; Appendix: further reading.

'From 'why is Antarctica so dry?' to the current state of the Antarctic Treaty, and everything conceivable in-between (history, geology, oceanography, biology, climate-change and much more), this is the book if you want to understand the significance of Antarctica for the future of Planet Earth. Well illustrated, and well written - I felt completely up to date when I finished reading it.' Sir John Lawton CBE FRS, Former Chair, Royal Commission on Environment Pollution