Product Description
This electronic book on CD-ROM presents a truly spectacular collection of over 1700 photos taken by NOAA scientists at the poles of the Earth. Subjects include: Antarctica, the South Pole Station, McMurdo station, Ross Sea, Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctic oceanography on the ship Nathaniel Palmer; Arctic Field Party, snow, sled dogs, explorers, ships, scientific equipment, icebergs, glaciers, ice flows, pancake ice, sea ice, penguins, whales, fish, seals, eagles, mountains, flowers, rainbows, dramatic aurora, sunrises and sunsets, unusual cloud formations, and many other beautiful scenes. This book-on-a-disc makes a superb reference work for nature enthusiasts, libraries, researchers, schools, students, and home reference! NOAA says: "Scientists, sailors, pilots, divers, and other members of the NOAA family and its predecessor agencies have worked on every continent and in every climate that exists on Earth. This album records but a small fraction of that experience but will take you from Arctic regions to the South Pole. Share the wonders of our planet with these dedicated professionals as they lead you down their paths, the "Paths Less Taken" and join NOAA on a journey to the very ends of the Earth." Our unique "IMAGE GALLERY" in Acrobat format reproduces the photos in a "photo album" suitable for quick full-screen browsing! Many of the photos are accompanied by the NOAA caption. This format was designed to mimic the look and "feel" of a real book. There is no need to laboriously import images into a slow-loading program. We've also included the original image files, with 183 of the finest scenic photographs provided in high resolution (about one MB per file). Our news and educational discs are privately compiled collections of official public domain U.S. government files and documents - they are not produced by the federal government. They are designed to provide a convenient user-friendly reference work, utilizing the benefits of the Adobe Acrobat format to uniformly present thousands of pages that can be rapidly reviewed, searched by finding specific words, or printed without untold hours of tedious research and downloading. Vast archives of important public domain government information that might otherwise remain inaccessible are available for instant review no matter where you are. This book-on-a-disc format makes a great reference work and educational tool. There is no other reference that is as fast, convenient, comprehensive, thoroughly researched, and portable - everything you need to know, from the federal sources you trust.