New book on Marion and Prince Edward Island

The first coffee-table book – one that is a pleasure both to read and to look at – on the history, beauty and conservation of South Africa’s southernmost territories, Marion Island and Prince Edward Island, has been compiled by experienced researchers who have spent decades studying sub-Antarctic islands.

The book, Marion and Prince Edward – Africa’s southern islands, was written by researchers at the Centre for Invasion Biology (CIB) at Stellenbosch University (SU) and the Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology at the University of Cape Town. The authors are Dr Aleks Terauds, an Australian researcher at the CIB; John Cooper, retired ornithologist, amateur historian and research associate at the CIB; Prof Steven Chown, Director of the CIB; and Prof Peter Ryan, ornithologist and author of numerous field guides, at the Percy FitzPatrick Institute.

To order the book, visit www.africansunmedia.co.za.