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Karen Romano Young

writer • artist • deep-sea diver • polar explorer •comics creator

My new book ANTARCTICA:
THE MELTING CONTINENT, with
illustrations by Angela Hsieh, was named to the New York Public Library
Best Books of 2022 list AND is a
National Science Teachers Association Outstanding Science Trade Book for 2023!

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Melissa Scruggs

Whitman comic

#AntaracticLog comic/polar diver

Big Hadar, Antarctic research boat

Science Friday/polar bear diet

MBARI/SOCCOM profiling float cutaway

Exploratorium/Foldscope brochure

#AntarcticLog comic/CapeTown

Acrylic painting/Lobster

Illustration/Newsstand

Acrylic painting/Pink Typewriter
There's an extra key. Can you find it?

Acrylic painting/Saving your Seat
Beach chairs in Ocean City, Maryland.

Book Cover Illustration/Bookshop

Magazine Cover Illustration/Tomatoes

CD cover/Brooklyn Street

Science Friday/Cheese Process final

Book Cover/Watching Whales

Kraft Telerobotics/ t-shirt design

Artist at Sea Illustration/Hercules

Artist at Sea Illustration/Nautilus
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