The crystal desert : (Record no. 190322)
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| fixed length control field | 02918cam a2200337 a 4500 |
| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER | |
| control field | 2585767 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER | |
| control field | BD-DhUL |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20170420172424.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 920313s1992 mau b 000 0 eng |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER | |
| LC control number | 92010583 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 039558969X |
| Terms of availability | $19.95 (est.) |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER | |
| System control number | 2585767 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | DLC |
| Language of cataloging | eng |
| Transcribing agency | BD-DhUL |
| Modifying agency | DLC |
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| 042 ## - AUTHENTICATION CODE | |
| Authentication code | anuc |
| 043 ## - GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODE | |
| Geographic area code | t------ |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 508.989 |
| Edition number | 20 |
| Item number | CAM |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Campbell, David G. |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The crystal desert : |
| Remainder of title | summers in Antarctica / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | David G. Campbell. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Boston : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Houghton Mifflin, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 1992. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 297 p. ; |
| Dimensions | 23 cm. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc | Includes bibliographical references (p. [282]-297). |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Prologue: Admiralty Bay -- 1. Seabirds and Wind -- 2. Memories of Gondwana -- 3. Life in a Footprint -- 4. Penguins and Hormones -- 5. The Galaxies and the Plankton -- 6. The Bottom of the Bottom of the World -- 7. The Worm, the Fish, and the Seal -- 8. Visions of Ice and Sky -- 9. The Indifferent Eye of God -- 10. The Tern and the Whale -- 11. The Passing of the Leviathans -- 12. The Tempest -- Appendix: Latin Names of Plants and Animals Mentioned in Text. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | The Crystal Desert is not only the most eloquent book ever written about Antarctica but one of the best portraits of a place ever published. Most books about Antarctica have focused on the lifeless ice cap that smothers two-thirds of the continent and on the heroic marches toward the South Pole that have pitted humans against a frozen world. The Crystal Desert is about the other Antarctica, the "banana belt" of the Antarctic Peninsula. The interior of the peninsula is biological haiku: a few eloquent syllables of plants and animals. The tallest plant is a lichen ten centimeters high, the largest land animal a flightless midge two millimeters long. But the sea surrounding the peninsula brims with life like no other on Earth. |
| 520 8# - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | The Crystal Desert is a story of life's tenacity in this coldest and most alien of continents. It is a chronicle of events - of courtship, hatching, birth, growth, predation, and death - during the desperately short summer, when for three months the sun marches around the northern horizon and sets only briefly. It tells of penguins and seabirds and seals and whales, of the evolution of life in Antarctica, and of the evolution of the continent itself from the land mass known as Gondwana. It tells of the explorers who discovered Antarctica, of the whalers and sealers who despoiled it, and of the scientists working there today - especially at the Brazilian station, "Little Copacabana," where parties often last all night and Carnival runs for three days. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Campbell, David G. |
| General subdivision | Journeys |
| Geographic subdivision | Antarctica. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Natural history |
| Geographic subdivision | Antarctica. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Summer |
| Geographic subdivision | Antarctica. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | Antarctica |
| General subdivision | Description and travel. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | |
| Koha item type | Books |
| Price effective from | Date last seen | Permanent Location | Not for loan | Date acquired | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Koha item type | Lost status | Withdrawn status | Copy number | Source of acquisition | Collection code | Damaged status | Shelving location | Barcode | Current Location | Full call number |
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| 2017-04-20 | 2017-04-20 | Dhaka University Library | Not For Loan | 2017-04-20 | Books | 1 | Gift | Fiction | American Studies Corner | 366988 | Dhaka University Library | 508.989 CAM |