Imagining Antarctica
Author | : Ralph Crane |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 125 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Antarctica |
ISBN | : 9780977557288 |
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Author | : Ralph Crane |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 125 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Antarctica |
ISBN | : 9780977557288 |
Author | : John Curtin Gallery |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 44 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Antarctic regions in art |
ISBN | : 9781740675109 |
Author | : David W. H. Walton |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 355 |
Release | : 2013-03-28 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1107328241 |
Antarctica is the coldest and driest continent on Earth – a place for adventure and a key area for global science. Research conducted there has received increasing international attention due to concerns over destruction of the ozone layer and the problem of global warming and melting ice shelves. This dramatically illustrated new book brings together an international group of leading Antarctic scientists to explain why the Antarctic is so central to understanding the history and potential fate of our planet. It introduces the beauty of the world's greatest wilderness, its remarkable attributes and the global importance of the international science done there. Spanning topics from marine biology to space science this book is an accessible overview for anyone interested in the Antarctic and its science and governance. It provides a valuable summary for those involved in polar management and is an inspiration for the next generation of Antarctic researchers.
Author | : D. W. H. Walton |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 355 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : Antarctica |
ISBN | : 110700392X |
A dramatically illustrated book, by leading international scientists, which describes Antarctica's central role in global scientific research.
Author | : Bill Manhire |
Publisher | : Victoria University Press |
Total Pages | : 336 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780864734853 |
The wide white page spans eight centuries of writing - from Dante's epic account of Ulysses's last southbound ocean journey to Michael Chabon's writing of a WWII US army base on the ice, in Kavalier and Clay. There is fiction and poetry from nearly a dozen different countries, and genres range from Coleridge's Rime of the ancient mariner, via H.P. Lovecraft's Gothic fantasy and Kim Stanley Robinson future fiction, to the surreal comedy of Monty Python's Scott of the Sahara." --book jacket.
Author | : Gavin Francis |
Publisher | : Catapult |
Total Pages | : 283 |
Release | : 2014-08-26 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 1619023407 |
Gavin Francis fulfilled a lifetime's ambition when he spent fourteen months as the basecamp doctor at Halley, a profoundly isolated British research station on the Caird Coast of Antarctica. So remote, it is said to be easier to evacuate a casualty from the International Space Station than it is to bring someone out of Halley in winter. Antarctica offered a year of unparalleled silence and solitude, with few distractions and a very little human history, but also a rare opportunity to live among emperor penguins, the only species truly at home in he Antarctic. Following Penguins throughout the year –– from a summer of perpetual sunshine to months of winter darkness –– Gavin Francis explores the world of great beauty conjured from the simplest of elements, the hardship of living at 50 c below zero and the unexpected comfort that the penguin community bring. Empire Antarctica is the story of one man and his fascination with the world's loneliest continent, as well as the emperor penguins who weather the winter with him. Combining an evocative narrative with a sublime sensitivity to the natural world, this is travel writing at its very best
Author | : Elizabeth Leane |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 263 |
Release | : 2012-06-29 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1107020824 |
This first comprehensive exploration of literary responses to Antarctica maps the far south as a space of the imagination.
Author | : Hanne Elliot Fonss Nielsen |
Publisher | : U of Nebraska Press |
Total Pages | : 204 |
Release | : |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 1496238249 |
Author | : E. Glasberg |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 174 |
Release | : 2012-10-29 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1137014431 |
Arguing that Antarctica is the most mediated place on earth and thus an ideal location for testing the limits of bio-political management of population and place, this book remaps national and postcolonial methods and offers a new look on a 'forgotten' continent now the focus of ecological concern.
Author | : Monika Schillat |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 105 |
Release | : 2016-06-11 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 3319399144 |
This book discusses the expansion of new activities carried out in Antarctica and the focus among treaty parties on the perceived challenges posed by adventure tourism in the region. Shedding light on the latest trends and the modus operandi of all parties involved, it draws attention to new elements in the debate on how tourism and environmental protection can best be reconciled, with tourism in Antarctica rapidly increasing in recent decades. As far as technical practice and visitor guidance are concerned, the challenge facing tour operators lies in determining whether tourism has a negative or positive impact on the environment. The individual chapters address the development of polar tourism in terms of numbers, types and activities. The International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators, which advocates and promotes the practice of safe and environmentally responsible travel to the Antarctic, is also part of this study. In this context, special attention is paid to its strategies relating to adventure tourism – including both deep-field activities and those additional or new activities launched from traditional ship or yacht-based platforms. The analysis includes aspects of risk management and environmental considerations, as well as views on the cultural perspectives of Antarctica.