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Title: ANTARCTICA
AN INTIMATE PORTRAIT OF THE WORLD'S MOST MYSTERIOUS CONTINENT
By: Gabrielle Walker
Format: Paperback

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ISBN 10: 1408830590
ISBN 13: 9781408830598
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Publisher: BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC
Pub. date: 1 March, 2013
Pages: 416
Description: A full and intimate portrait of the most mysterious continent on earth and how it holds the key to all our futures
Synopsis: 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.
Illustrations: Colour
Publication: UK
Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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