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Looking for Seabirds
Journal from an Alaskan Voyage
By Webb, Sophie
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-61821-235-4
- Publisher
- Houghton
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on May 1, 2004
Gr 4-8 In this companion to My Season with Penguins (Houghton, 2000), the artist/biologist records her part in another fascinating expedition. This time her detailed and lushly illustrated journal entries take readers on a month-long springtime voyage through the Aleutian Islands on the Alpha Helix, a 133-foot-long research vessel. Webb's job...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on May 1, 2004
Webb, whose My Season with Penguins (rev. 11/00) was a refreshing account of various aspects of scientific research in Antarctica, documents her trip to the Aleutians to observe seabirds as part of a larger study on Steller's sea lions and the Arctic ecosystem. As with her first account, Webb's curiosity knows no bounds; she gives equal time to the details of daily life aboard a research vessel and to her observations of a variety of marine life. The ecosystem research context allows Webb to discuss numerous science ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
