The Crystal Desert

THE CRYSTAL DESERT: SUMMERS IN ANTARCTICA is the story of life''s tenacity on the coldest of Earth''s continents. It tells of the explorers who discovered Antarctica of the whalers and sealers who despoiled it and of the scientists who are deciphering its mysteries. In beautiful lucid prose David G. Campbell chronicles the desperately short summers on the Antarctic Peninsula. He presents a fascinating portrait of the evolution of life in Antarctica and also of the evolution of the continent itself.