Collins Pocket Guide: Sea Shore of Britain and Ireland
Peter Hayward, Tony Nelson-Smith, Chris Shields
A pocket guide with descriptions and illustrations of common plant and animals species found on the shoreline. It covers coasts from the Mediterranean to the North Sea and includes British species. Basic biology and general identification characteristics are included.
Green Guide: Seashore Life of Britain and Europe
Bob Gibbons, Denys Ovenden, Melanie Perkins
Describes 150 species including seaweeds, molluscs and crustaceans found on the coasts of Britain and Europe. Illustrated in colour.
Collins Gem Seashore
Rosalind Morris
Information on different coastlines including cliffs, rocky shores, sand dunes and the strandline, with details of animals and plants found in each.
World Atlas of Coral Reefs
Mark D Spalding, Corinna Ravilious, Edmund P Green
The first ever detailed global map of coral reefs worldwide.
Readers Digest Book of the Great Barrier Reef
Mead & Beckett Publishing
A richly-illustrated exploration of the longest coral reef in the world.
Sealife: A complete guide to the marine environment
Edited by Geoffrey Waller. Principal contributors: Marc Dando and Michael Burchett
A very detailed book, packed with information on marine life and habitats.
Collins Pocket Guide - Coral Reef Fishes
Colourfully illustrated field guide to reef fishes of the Indo-Pacific and Caribbean.
A Is for Arctic: Natural Wonders of a Polar World
Wayne Lynch
An A-Z guide to the frozen world of the northern hemisphere.
DK Eyewitness Guides: Arctic and Antarctic
Barbara Taylor
A children’s pictorial guide to the poles.
Lonely Planet: Antarctica
Jeff Rubin
If you really want to visit this amazing continent, find out how to get there with this Lonely Planet guide.
South
Ernest Shackleton
Shackleton’s chronicle of his doomed ship Endurance which was wrecked off Antarctica.
The South Pole
Roald Amundsen, Arthur Grosvenor Chater (Translator)
An account of the first successful expedition to the south pole.
The Blue Planet (a natural history of the oceans)
Andy Byatt, Alastair Fothergill and Martha Holmes
A comprehensive, richly illustrated text on marine habitats and behaviours. Written by the producers of The Blue Planet television series.
Sealife: A Complete Guide to the Marine Environment
Edited by Geoffrey Waller. Principal contributors: Marc Dando and Michael Burchett
A very detailed book, packed with information on marine life and habitats
Oceans
Trevor Day
A wider look at the science and ecology of marine environments around the world.
Oceanography: An Illustrated Guide
CP Summerhayes and SA Thorpe
A comprehensive scientific text, with contributions from leading researchers in a wide range of oceanographic studies.
Marine Biology
Peter Castro and Michael E Huber
An excellent, clearly-written introduction to marine biology, with student exercises.
Philips Atlas of the Oceans
John Pernetta
A good general introduction to the oceans and marine diversity.
Sea Trek
Martha Holmes
Book accompanying a previous BBC TV series which takes a closer look at five distinct marine habitats.
Life in the Freezer
Alastair Fothergill
Book accompanying a previous BBC TV series. A description of the last wilderness on Earth - Antartica - with spectacular photographs.
Deep Atlantic: Life, Death and Exploration in the Abyss
Richard Ellis
Everything you ever wanted to know about the deep sea, with beautiful illustrations.
Deep Ocean
Tony Rice
An easy-to-read and highly informative text on the deep ocean and its inhabitants.
Mapping the Deep
Robert Kunzig
An accessible account of deep sea discovery and the science of the oceans. Tells the story of the oceanographers who have explored the seas.
Readers Digest Book of the Great Barrier Reef
Mead and Beckett Publishing
A richly-illustrated exploration of the longest coral reef in the world.
