Stokrát Antarktida
A hundred times Antarctica

Author(s): Miloš Barták, Michaela Bednaříková, Josef Hájek, Filip Hrbáček, Barbora Hutňan-Chattová, Pavel Jurajda, Pavel Kapler, Michaela Kňažková, Marcel Kosina, Stanislava Králová, Monika Laichmanová, Kamil Láska, Ivana Mašlaňová, Šárka Mašová, Daniel Nývlt, Pavel Prošek, Ivo Sedláček, Peter Váczi
Subject(s): Geography, Regional studies, Regional Geography, Human Ecology, Environmental interactions
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: Antarctica; geology; climatological issues; global warming;
Summary/Abstract: The book offers one hundred questions and answers about Antarctica. In several sections, the authors, participants in Antarctic research, present the continent, the history of its discovery, and its geology, and address climatological issues and the effects of global warming in Antarctica. In the biological sciences sections, they discuss the animals, including microorganisms, and plants of Antarctica. The conclusion is dedicated to the Czech Antarctic research programme, interesting facts from the Czech J. G. Mendel station, information about its construction and operation since 2006, and about James Ross Island where it is located.

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