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Publication Name:
Harvard University Press
ISBN:
9780674026339
EAN:
9780674026339
Book Title:
Slicing the Silence : Voyaging to Antarctica
Item Length:
9.2in
Publisher:
Harvard University Press
Publication Year:
2007
Format:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Item Height:
1.1in
Author:
Tom Griffiths
Genre:
Travel, Science, History
Topic:
Environmental Science (See Also Chemistry / Environmental), Polar Regions, General, Expeditions & Discoveries
Item Width:
6.1in
Item Weight:
26.6 Oz
Number of Pages:
408 Pages
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Environmental historian Tom Griffiths reflects on the history of human experiences in Antarctica, taking the reader on a journey of discovery, exploration, and adventure in an unforgettable land.
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Publisher
Harvard University Press
ISBN-10
0674026330
ISBN-13
9780674026339
eBay Product ID (ePID)
59085632
Product Key Features
Book Title
Slicing the Silence : Voyaging to Antarctica
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Environmental Science (See Also Chemistry / Environmental), Polar Regions, General, Expeditions & Discoveries
Publication Year
2007
Genre
Travel, Science, History
Number of Pages
408 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.2in
Item Height
1.1in
Item Width
6.1in
Item Weight
26.6 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
G850
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This is an extraordinary book, as notable as that of Griffiths's antipodal fellow traveler Barry Lopez (whose 1986 best seller, Arctic Dreams, won a National Book Award). Griffiths turns otherwise humdrum shipboard jottings into starting points for inspired ruminations on the meaning of the Antarctic experience. Although he has never ventured into the interior, he seems to have read virtually everything published on the discovery, exploration, and exploitation of the southern continent, along with a host of unpublished diaries and station logs. Best of all, he relates what he has learned in prose that is both thoughtful and luminous...Few of us will ever visit Antarctica, even though cruise ships now bring several tens of thousands of high-rolling tourists to its coasts each year. Readers, I am sure, will come away from this book agreed that fewer is better, because Griffiths makes it clear just how special this land is, and, for all its ruggedness, how fragile. Better to leave Antarctic travels to a select few scientists, adventurers, and support staff And, from time to time--for those of us who stay at home--eloquent writers like Tom Griffiths., In 2002 Griffiths, an environmental historian, accompanied a team of researchers to Antarctica. He writes about the romance of ocean exploration, the expeditions of Scott and Shackleton, but also about how high winds make that continent an indicator of global climate health., Griffiths is an Australian environmental historian who weaves the story of his visit [to Antarctica] supplying a scientific research station with a good deal of history and science. He writes with insight about the past and probable future as seen from the front lines of the global-warming crisis., This is an extraordinary book, as notable as that of Griffiths's antipodal fellow traveler Barry Lopez (whose 1986 best seller, Arctic Dreams , won a National Book Award). Griffiths turns otherwise humdrum shipboard jottings into starting points for inspired ruminations on the meaning of the Antarctic experience. Although he has never ventured into the interior, he seems to have read virtually everything published on the discovery, exploration, and exploitation of the southern continent, along with a host of unpublished diaries and station logs. Best of all, he relates what he has learned in prose that is both thoughtful and luminous...Few of us will ever visit Antarctica, even though cruise ships now bring several tens of thousands of high-rolling tourists to its coasts each year. Readers, I am sure, will come away from this book agreed that fewer is better, because Griffiths makes it clear just how special this land is, and, for all its ruggedness, how fragile. Better to leave Antarctic travels to a select few scientists, adventurers, and support staff. And, from time to time--for those of us who stay at home--eloquent writers like Tom Griffiths., Slicing the Silence: Voyaging to Antarctica is a many-layered, sophisticated narrative, not only of the Antarctic, but our relationship with it., As the climate changes and polar ice caps shrink dramatically, author and environmental historian Griffiths provides essential background for understanding how we reached the current state of meltdown...Engrossing and highly satisfying...A fine and informative ecological adventure, Griffiths' history is worth reading and re-reading.
Copyright Date
2007
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2007-006549
Dewey Decimal
919.8/9 B
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
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