… Although the examples given in this book will point to many similarities between life in the
two polar regions it is important to establish from the outset that despite being very cold the …

… The polar regions have already experienced some of the planet's strongest climatic change
… the warming scenario, these regions will experience profound environmental change in the …

… the polar regions through time (ie on a timescale of thousand to tens, or even hundreds, of
millions of years). These are by no means the … the palaeontological history of the polar regions…

… has identified the large role of polar regions in affecting the global … As a result, the physical
environment, biota, and … The climate and vast areas of ice make the polar regions very …

… This paper offers a sweeping but very superficial review of the marine biology of polar
seas. The marine systems in the Arctic and Antarctic have in common polar positions and cold …

… considers the biology of bryophytes and lichens in polar … the boundaries between the cool-
and cold-polar regions are … America, but clearly defined in the Antarctic due to ocean barriers. …

… The text is clear and lively, well illustrated, and supplemented with ample … in the polar
regions, and will be ideal for students taking undergraduate and post-graduate courses in biology, …

… Both are sited over the geographical poles and are hence subject to extreme seasonal … ,
however, the differences between the two polar regions outweigh their similarities. The Arctic is …

… to polar biology. Subsequently, we define the key questions in polar biology that are …
metabolomes should be analyzed under the aegis of a Polar Genome Science Initiative (Chapter 3); …

… However, it is important to realize that many of these data were gathered and published
before 1960, and our knowledge of the marine biology of both polar regions has moved on …