Gerald L. Kooyman is professor emeritus and a research physiologist in the Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego. He has made about fifty trips to the Antarctic, and for the last three decades, his work has concentrated on studies of emperor penguins. He is coauthor of Penguins: The Animal Answer Guide. Jim Mastro spent over six years in Antarctica (including two winters) as a laboratory manager, scientific diving coordinator, dive team leader, and research assistant. Most recently, he worked for several years as a technical editor in support of the US Antarctic Program. His coauthored book Under Antarctic Ice: The Photographs of Norbert Wu was named by Discover as one of the twenty best science books of 2004. He lives in New Hampshire.

“Marine physiologist Kooyman’s captivating memoir, written with one of his research assistants, Mastro, centers on two series of Antarctic journeys, both equally impressive. . . . In addition to his clear and often enthusiastic writing, Kooyman has included many photographs of both the scientists on site and the penguins and seals they lived with over the years. Brew a cup of hot tea and spend some time with these remarkable birds—and the humans that study them.”

• ForewordPrefaceChapter 1 A Meeting with Emperor PenguinsChapter 2 The Kings of Saint Andrews BayChapter 3 The Seven Colonies of the Ross SeaChapter 4 The Emperors of Cape WashingtonChapter 5 Kings and Emperors in One YearChapter 6 The Commuter JourneyChapter 7 The Fledging JourneyChapter 8 The Pre-molt JourneyChapter 9 The Post-molt JourneyChapter 10 How Do They Do It?Chapter 11 Predator as PreyChapter 12 Climate, Conservation, and ConsumptionAcknowledgmentsAnnotated BibliographyIndex

Gerald L. Kooyman is professor emeritus and a research physiologist in the Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego. He has made about fifty trips to the Antarctic, and for the last three decades, his work has concentrated on studies of emperor penguins. He is coauthor of Penguins: The Animal Answer Guide. Jim Mastro spent over six years in Antarctica (including two winters) as a laboratory manager, scientific diving coordinator, dive team leader, and research assistant. Most recently, he worked for several years as a technical editor in support of the US Antarctic Program. His coauthored book Under Antarctic Ice: The Photographs of Norbert Wu was named by Discover as one of the twenty best science books of 2004. He lives in New Hampshire.

“Marine physiologist Kooyman’s captivating memoir, written with one of his research assistants, Mastro, centers on two series of Antarctic journeys, both equally impressive. . . . In addition to his clear and often enthusiastic writing, Kooyman has included many photographs of both the scientists on site and the penguins and seals they lived with over the years. Brew a cup of hot tea and spend some time with these remarkable birds—and the humans that study them.”

• ForewordPrefaceChapter 1 A Meeting with Emperor PenguinsChapter 2 The Kings of Saint Andrews BayChapter 3 The Seven Colonies of the Ross SeaChapter 4 The Emperors of Cape WashingtonChapter 5 Kings and Emperors in One YearChapter 6 The Commuter JourneyChapter 7 The Fledging JourneyChapter 8 The Pre-molt JourneyChapter 9 The Post-molt JourneyChapter 10 How Do They Do It?Chapter 11 Predator as PreyChapter 12 Climate, Conservation, and ConsumptionAcknowledgmentsAnnotated BibliographyIndex