There have been many books about Antarctica in the past, but all have focused on only one aspect of the continent - its science, its wildlife, the heroic age of exploration, personal experiences or the sheer awesome beauty of the landscape- but none have managed to capture the whole story, until now.
Gabrielle Walker, author, consultant to New Scientist and regular broadcaster with the BBC has written a book unlike any that has ever been written about the continent. Antarctica weaves all the significant threads into an intricate tapestry, made up of science, natural history, poetry, epic history, what it feels like to be there and why it draws so many different kinds of people back there again and again. It is only when all the parts come together that the underlying truths of the continent emerge. Antarctica is the most alien place on Earth, the only part of our planet where humans could never survive unaided. It is truly like walking on another planet. And yet, in its silence, its agelessness and its mysteries lie the secrets of our past, and of our future.
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A full and intimate portrait of the most mysterious continent on earth and how it holds the key to all our futures
We are all anxious Antarctic watchers now, and Walker's book is the essential primer
A full and intimate portrait of the most mysterious continent on earth and how it holds the key to all our futures
Both a natural history of and an intimate portrait of Antarctica
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781408830598
Publisert
2013-03-14
Utgiver
Vendor
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Vekt
357 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
432
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