Having always been fascinated by these singular landscapes Sergio Rossi reconstructs some of
the episodes that have marked the exploration of these territories such as the dramatic race
between Amundsen and Scott to conquer the South Pole and Captain Shackleton's odyssey to save
his crew from certain death. But also modern trips including his own to these remote areas
explaining many aspects of the current science and political competition that is underway.The
book leads us on an entertaining overview of all the problems and opportunities that the
planet's most forgotten continent offers to humans. A remote mass of ice upon which our future
as a species depends and which we cannot continue to ignore any longer.
