Book reviews Encyclopedia of Antarctica and the Southern

• Main Authors: Oceans Edited B, Stonehouse (john Wiley
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Stonehouse; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.222.8042; http://www.bom.gov.au/amm/docs/2004/bookreviews1.pdf

This single volume encyclopedia of 391 pages is a useful new edition to Antarctic literature as an easy reference source for topics set out in alphabetical order. The format is quarto with two columns per page, except for large tables or figures. There is also a three page fold-out map of the Antarctic at a scale of c. 1:11 million with halves of the map on opposite sides of the fold-out pages. There is also a separate one-page larger scale map of the Antarctic Peninsular region. The Editor (Bernard Stonehouse) states in the Introduction that ‘The function of an encyclopedia is to reflect lasting values within current understanding rather than the ephemera of latest findings. The business of the compiling editor and advisory editors has