Life on the Ice
No One Goes to Antarctica Alone
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2002
Allen & Unwin (Verlag)
978-1-86508-849-5 (ISBN)
Allen & Unwin (Verlag)
978-1-86508-849-5 (ISBN)
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The author offers an intimate view of life in Antarctica. He distils facts where necessary, but offers far more than a history, geography or geology lesson, capturing the pristine beauty of a blue-white landscape, and the warmth and camaraderie of the folk who populate Antarctica's global village.
People dream of going to Antarctica - the edge of the world, the end of reality, the last continent - for all sorts of reasons but only a small percentage realise their dream. Roff Smith has made it happen, visiting first in 1993, and then again in 2000 and 2001. By getting to know people who live and work down there and developing an understanding of the bureaucracies which have sprung up where freedom used to reign, Smith gives us an intimate view of life on ice. He distils facts where necessary, but offers far more than a history, geography or geology lesson. He captures equally the pristine beauty of a blue-white landscape, and the warmth and camaraderie of the folk who populate Antarctica's truly global village. From Jerome who has chartered Antarctic waters for more than 30 years in his yacht, to the vulcanologist who used to cook his Christmas turkey in the hot earth around Mount Erebus's summit, Smith's humanity shines through as he introduces us to people and procedure, all the while exploring his own motives for seeking his own White South.
People dream of going to Antarctica - the edge of the world, the end of reality, the last continent - for all sorts of reasons but only a small percentage realise their dream. Roff Smith has made it happen, visiting first in 1993, and then again in 2000 and 2001. By getting to know people who live and work down there and developing an understanding of the bureaucracies which have sprung up where freedom used to reign, Smith gives us an intimate view of life on ice. He distils facts where necessary, but offers far more than a history, geography or geology lesson. He captures equally the pristine beauty of a blue-white landscape, and the warmth and camaraderie of the folk who populate Antarctica's truly global village. From Jerome who has chartered Antarctic waters for more than 30 years in his yacht, to the vulcanologist who used to cook his Christmas turkey in the hot earth around Mount Erebus's summit, Smith's humanity shines through as he introduces us to people and procedure, all the while exploring his own motives for seeking his own White South.
Roff Smith moved to Australia in 1982 from New Hampshire. He has been a journalist for the Sydney Morning Herald and the Sunday Age and an award-winning senior correspondent for Time magazine. He has the perfect job for a born traveler. He is a journalist for National Geographic,and it was in this capacity that Roff spent several extraordinary months in 2000 + 2001 travelling around Antarctica. He also visited Antarctica in 1993.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.9.2002 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Sydney |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 230 mm |
| Themenwelt | Reisen ► Bildbände ► Welt / Arktis / Antarktis |
| Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Welt / Arktis / Antarktis | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-86508-849-8 / 1865088498 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-86508-849-5 / 9781865088495 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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