{"title":"Lloyd Spencer Davis","description":"\u003cp\u003eExplore the evocative works of \u003cstrong\u003eLloyd Spencer Davis\u003c\/strong\u003e, where compelling storytelling meets a deep appreciation for nature's mysteries. His writing often intertwines personal narrative with broader environmental themes, inviting readers on journeys both intimate and expansive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith titles such as \u003cem\u003eA Polar Affair\u003c\/em\u003e, Davis crafts vivid landscapes and thoughtful reflections that resonate with those drawn to adventure, wildlife, and the subtle connections between humans and the natural world.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"a-polar-affair-by-lloyd-spencer-davis-9781643136028","title":"A Polar Affair","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA captivating blend of true adventure and natural history by one of today’s leading penguin experts and Antarctic explorers.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGeorge Murray Levick was the physician on Robert Falcon Scott’s tragic Antarctic expedition of 1910. Marooned for an Antarctic winter, Levick passed the time by becoming the first man to study penguins up close. His findings were so shocking to Victorian morals that they were quickly suppressed and seemingly lost to history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA century later, Lloyd Spencer Davis rediscovers Levick and his findings during the course of his own scientific adventures in Antarctica. Levick’s long-suppressed manuscript reveals not only an incredible survival story, but one that will change our understanding of an entire species.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Polar Affair\u003c\/em\u003e reveals the last untold tale from the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. It is perhaps the greatest of all of those stories—but why was it hidden to begin with? The ever-fascinating and charming penguin holds the key. Moving deftly between both Levick’s and Davis’s explorations, observations, and comparisons in biology over the course of a century, \u003cem\u003eA Polar Affair\u003c\/em\u003e reveals cutting-edge findings about ornithology, in which the sex lives of penguins are the jumping-off point for major new insights into the underpinnings of evolutionary biology itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47470049460460,"sku":"9781643136028","price":32.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781643136028-a-polar-affair.jpg?v=1775209715"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/lloyd-spencer-davis.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}