01316cam a2200277 4500 513059652 TxAuBib 20170810120000.0 080820s2009||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2008036762 9780618916450 0618916458 (OCoLC)244354535 DLC DLC BTCTA TEF MOF EHH GO3 JQW TxAuBib Montgomery, Sy. Saving the ghost of the mountain : an expedition among snow leopards in Mongolia / Photographs by Nic Bishop. Snow leopards in Mongolia. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 2009. 74 p. : col. illua., col. maps ; 24 x 29 cm. Scientists in the field Includes index. A pale, spotted, almost cloud-like coat makes the snow leopard uncannily invisible in its rocky mountain habitat. Author Sy Montgomery and photographer Nic Bishop accompany conservationist Tom McCarthy and his team as they travel to Mongolia's Altai Mountains to gather data about snow leopard populations in an attempt to save this endangered species. 20170810. Leopards. Scientists in the field.