EAN: 9781408830598

ANTARCTICA - GABRIELLE WALKER TASCHENBUCH

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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