Absolutely stunning! This book is gorgeous and very informative at the same time. The photographs were amazing and I loved the snippets of information scattered throughout. This book is perfect for an avid traveller or lover of far away places! It was so nice to learn about Antarctica in this beautiful book!

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the eARC copy of this book in exchange for my honest review and opinion! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Such a beautiful book - perfect for a coffee table, perfect to inspire travellers. Definitely one to look at on a big screen - as I did - or as a book. It shows all aspects of Antarctica - the ice, the desert, the mountains, the wildlife and the humans - in a series of stunning photographs.

Would recommend to anyone.

With thanks to NetGalley and Amber Books for an ARC.

"Eight Below" is probably one of those Disney movie's I've seen _waaaay_ too many times--and yet, I'm still content to watch it over and over. It stirred a crazy urge to visit Antarctica, one that only gets stronger with every movie rewach--I've got to visit Mactown now, folks! It's calling my name! :D LOL!

In all seriousness, though, Antarctica is just plain fascinating all on its own, even without Paul Walker (who, granted, was an added benefit). This book helps illustrate exactly why, with its gorgeous photography of both well- and lesser-known places. Familiar explorers' names are highlighted--one does not simply read, let alone write, a book on Antarctica without mentioning Shackleton, Hillary, Scott, et al, and not just because of the geographical locations named after them. They were intrepid explorers, and earned their memorialization (and then some).

Whether you're an armchair traveler or are looking to visit Antarctica in person, this is the perfect coffee-table book to whet the appetite and get your trip-planning juices flowing. It highlights the best in landscape, flora, fauna, animals (penguins! All the penguins!), and more--not least of which are the gorgeous Southern Lights. The succinct captions provide just enough information without bogging the reader down, and truly let the photography speak for itself.

One day ... I will get there. And in the meantime, _Antarctica_ will tide me over quite well.

I received an eARC of the book from the publisher via NetGalley. All opinions are my own.

An excellent photography book highlighting a land of snow and ice while bringing out the unexpected colours found in such stark landscapes. From the Aurora Australis, to icebergs and research bases, the photos capture the life and intrigue of the Antarctic. Plus, there are plenty of photos of the cuter, more natural inhabitants of that icy shore. The perfect book for a travel enthusiast.

Antarctica is another gorgeous book published by Amber Books. It feels like it captures the essence of the continent. The photos are astonishing—the icebergs, the wildlife, the historic places. They’re the kind of photos you’d blow up and hang on your wall.

The photography is accompanied by helpful descriptive text that tells you exactly what you’re looking at. I’d love to visit one day! It comes out August 14. Thank you to Amber Books and NetGalley for my copy.

A stunning photography book.

I didn't know alot about Antartica prior to reading through this photography book, but I learned lots of neat facts. LIke that it is technically a desert! I didn't know that there were different types of icebergs. I was surprised to see the pollution they have there

I think this book would be a wonderful coffee table book that I would enjoy flipping through several times. It is so neat to have so many pictures of a place I will most likely never have the opportunity to visit.

This book is also great for anyone one loves penguins. I can not believe just how MANY penguins live in Antartica. So cool.

I received a copy of this book through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

This is a beautiful coffee table book!

There are pictures of life in Antarctica broken down by area. There's a lot of information about and pictures of the penguins that live there and other animals. It's a nice book to learn more about the continent and the creatures (and occasionally people) that live there.

'Antarctica: Life on the Frozen Continent' by Conor Kilgallon is a lovely book full of gorgeous photographs.

I love how Kilgallon has captured the beauty of Antarctica as well as the human impact.
In my mind, Antarctica is a frozen wonderland full of penguins and seals. I never truly considered the infrastructure that has been built there beyond an old abandoned whaling shed or two. I mean, McMurdo Station has telegraph poles and a church!

As beautiful as the landscape is, the section dedicated to wildlife photography was my favourite.

This is a lovely book that is perfect for coffee tables and waiting rooms as well as personal bookshelves.

Thank you to NetGalley, Amber Books, and Conor Kilgallon for giving me a free digital copy of this book to read in exchange for an honest review.

This book is filled with stunning photography that makes we want to visit Antarctica even more. The few words used throughout the book are descriptive and informative. I did find myself wishing there had been a map at some point in the book as I never felt fully oriented to where on this continent I was located. The only geographic orientation used throughout the book is reference to "East" and "West" Antarctica and a few mentions of various bodies of water around the continent.

Antarctica by Conor Kilgallon offers an excellent overview of the southernmost continent of our world, providing stunning images and clear, informative descriptions.

Featuring succinct yet detailed explanations of Antarctic science, history, and more, this book is perfect for all readers. It offers unique information that would interest both novices and experts alike.

As readers learn more about Antarctica from this book, so too they will learn the importance of protecting the climate and Antarctic environment. As much as it is an informative work, this book is a call to action, inviting readers to play their role in caring for the planet and its biomes.

If you're looking for a quick, clear overview of Antarctica, this book is the perfect resource for you!

I’m afraid of not doing justice to this marvelous book. We’ve all seen photos of Antarctica as well as its wildlife and scientific bases that have taken root there (photos of their hundreds of thousands of empty, rusting fuel barrels are devastating, coming in the midst of the most beautiful landscapes and seascapes one could imagine). The book “divides” the continent in half and draws distinctions between the two territories with plenty of detail about geological and wildlife differences and the specific geography of each.
I cannot over-praise this beautiful book!

A fascinating and educational book about Antarctica. The photography is well done, and the descriptions were interesting. Part of the book focuses more on the land, with the rest being about the animals. Both parts were good.

I received an ARC from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

East Antarctica, West Antarctica, Islands, Wildlife—each part of this book shows a different part on Antarctica, prefaced by a short text describing the specifics of that geographic region or chapter.

There are photographs of icebergs, sea ice, mountain ranges, ice shelves, quite a few penguins, seals and various signs of human exploration and habitation. Climate change makes a brief appearance as well, obviously. If the Ross ice shelf melts (the largest ice shelf in Antarctica), sea levels worldwide would rise by 15 meters. Scary thought. Generally this book focuses on the (still) beautiful aspects of our southernmost continent though.

My favourites were the photos showing wildlife, but there were a lot of stunning photos of icebergs, too.

A nice tabletop book for lovers of Antarctica and stark sceneries of ice, sea and sky.

I received an advanced copy of this book from Amber Books Ltd. through NetGalley. All opinions are my own and I was not required to give a positive review. I read a pdf for review purposes, only physical books will be sold.

Antarctica is a continent of wonder. Full of thick ice and home to colonies of penguins, seals, and seabirds. This book is different from others on its subject as it delivers interesting trivia via the captioning of spectacular photos. There may be a photo of a weirdly shaped iceberg and right beside it is a short explanation as to how it was formed. The photos cover equal parts of the continent (not just from an expedition or from one territory).

Even as an Antarctic Science student, I still learned some interesting things:

-8 churches
-boats can sail into a volcanic crater
-tide cracks in the pack ice
-blue eyed shags

And appreciated spectacular photographs of:
-the different iceberg types (check out the pancakes)
-the Ross Ice Shelf aka the Barrier
-volcanoes
-human-made structures/bases
-wildlife! (my favourite is the crabeater seal)

There were a few casual comments on the effects of climate change but it was not OTT. It was more “did you know” than a biased account.

Overall, I think the selection and coverage of the photographs were incredible. It was easy to read (appropriate to all levels). I was quite impressed.

Thanks to NetGalley and Amber Books Ltd for providing me with a digital copy of this book in exchange for an honest review

Beautiful collection of photographs of Antarctica -- ice and icebergs, mountains and valleys, sea and sky, the rare touches of human endeavor past and present, and of course wildlife, which mostly means penguins, lots and lots of penguins (in this reviewer's opinion, you can never have too many penguins).

I visited Antarctica in 2019 and loved, loved, loved it, so no wonder that this excellent book wins my enthusiastic thumbs up -- I especially liked seeing quite a number of photographs of places that we visited, like Neko Harbor, Deception Island, Gerlache Strait, et.al. But seeing other places was just as good, making me want to go back and visit them in person next time.

The book is divided into four sections: East Antarctica, a vast icy desert that is rarely visited; West Antarctica, which including the Antarctic Peninsula is the most visited area; Islands, which are closely but not exclusively aligned with the Peninsula; and Wildlife, including whales, seals, and krill in addition to the ever-present penguin (many species represented).

I get that people want to see people, so I get the need to include as many pictures of human activity in Antarctica as there are. But one of my biggest takeaways from being there is realizing that here is one place on Earth (on this scale) that has never had significant human presence -- though the impact of human activity via climate change and exploitation of wildlife is all too apparent. So I'd have been equally happy seeing them left out completely.

The ninth entry (if my count is right) in Amber Books' Wonder Of Our Planets series of photographic collections. Thanks to Amber, the author, and NetGalley for kindly providing an advance copy of the book for me to review. This is my honest review -- I loved Antarctica when I visited, and I loved getting revisit it in photographs in "Antarctica".

This book is perfect to read the week when temperatures are trying to reach close to 40 degrees Celsius.
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It’s a beautiful book, full of gorgeous photos of glaciers and icebergs, penguins and seals, and a few man-made structures. Antarctica is truly beautiful in a majestic and harsh way, but yet even that expanse of frozen land and ice is incredibly fragile.

As the ice shelves are breaking and melting (and, having read by how much each melting enormous ice shelf would raise the sea level, I scramble to double-check the elevation of my house), endangering not only what deceptively seems to be a permanent stark-white ice-cold absolutely fascinating world, it’s jarringly sad to see the little thoughtless things we, humans, do to nature very casually.

“Rusty old fuel barrels are a problem in the Antarctic as they leak toxic chemicals into the ice and the ocean. There are an estimated 300,000 tonnes (295,000 tons) of rubbish in Antarctica, some of it more than a century old, and most of it produced by the research stations on the continent. Some of it cannot be seen or recovered as it’s buried under the ice.”

Our planet is a beautiful place, despite our sustained efforts. I hope we will manage to not completely destroy it.

5 stars.
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Thanks to NetGalley and Amber Books Ltd. for providing me with a digital ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Antarctica is a visually stunning other worldly place and is celebrated in this book of photos. The book is broken into sections covering East Antarctica, West Antarctica, Islands and Wildlife. The color photos are beautiful and contain brief descriptions. The differences in man made stations is interesting and I learned there are 8 churches. My favorite photos were the animals both on the land and sea. I love the colonies of penguins, seals and orcas in their native habitat. One photo included a view from aboard a cruise ship and I thought that might be the only way I will ever visit this beautiful continent and see its sheets of ice. I was saddened to see the pollution left by those who have live and research there. I really enjoyed this book and think it is a perfect gift for a traveler or animal lover. Thank you to NetGalley and Amber Books for a temporary eARC in exchange for an honest review.

Antarctica by Conor Kilgallon is pretty cool.
It's just a collection of photos with short descriptions, but the pictures are very clear and interesting. The book is organized well. It's divided into three sections, East Antarctica, West Antarctica, and animals. I like the selection of pictures they chose, there is the usual landscapes and cool icebergs, but there are also pictures of the different research centers, garbage that has been left, an old camp that was left by explorers, and more. The descriptions are succinct, giving you information (such as how a strangely shaped iceberg was formed) while also being easy to understand.
I would recommend this to anyone who is interested in the beauty of Antarctica, and for a beginning point to learn more about it.

Antarctica has always fascinated me this breathtaking book the gorgeous photography and the comments made me want to visit there even more.This is a book to look at again and again it would make a lovely gift for anyone interested in theAntartica.#netgalley #amberbooks

This stunning coffee table book takes readers on a journey around Antarctica. The book is divided into East Antarctica, West Antarctica, Islands, and wildlife. Each section has a short introduction and then the rest is filled with large photographs. The photos are all in color and are absolutely stunning. Antarctica has been on my bucket list for a long time and this book just made me want to go even more. Each photo is captioned and I appreciated when it would note which locations are tourist destinations. I highly enjoyed the animal photos, especially the pictures of penguins just chilling on the man-made structures. This book is the perfect gift for the world traveler or nature lover in your life. Thank you to Netgalley and Amber Books for the ARC.