Saving the ghost of the mountain : an expedition among snow leopards in Mongolia

Titre
Saving the ghost of the mountain : an expedition among snow leopards in Mongolia

Sy. Montgomery

Sommaire
A pale, spotted, almost cloud-like coat makes the snow leopard uncannily invisible in its rocky mountain habitat. Author Sy Montgomery and photographer Nic Bishop accompany conservationist Tom McCarthy and his team as they travel to Mongolia's Altai Mountains to gather data about snow leopard populations in an attempt to save this endangered species.

Date de publication comme intervalle
2009

Scientists in the field.

Description matérielle
48 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 24 x 29 cm.

Note générale
Includes index.

A Junior Library Guild selection

Terme de vedette-matière
Snow leopard -- Mongolia.

Vedette secondaire auteur
Bishop, Nic, 1955-

Résumé
A pale, spotted, almost cloud-like coat makes the snow leopard uncannily invisible in its rocky mountain habitat. Author Sy Montgomery and photographer Nic Bishop accompany conservationist Tom McCarthy and his team as they travel to Mongolia's Altai Mountains to gather data about snow leopard populations in an attempt to save this endangered species.

Numéro international normalisé des livres (ISBN)
9780618916450

Informations de publication
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 2009.


BibliothèqueNuméro de rayonType de documentCode à barres du documentStatut
A. Blair McPherson599.75 MONBook31458000136989Non-Fiction