Antarctica: An Intimate Portrait of a Mysterious Continent

by Gabrielle Walker

Book Overview

Antarctica is the most alien place on the planet, the only part of the earth where humans could never survive unaided. Out of our fascination with it have come many books, most of which focus on only one aspect of its unique strangeness. None has managed to capture the whole story--until now.

Drawing on her broad travels across the continent, in Antarctica Gabrielle Walker weaves all the significant threads of life on the vast ice sheet...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0151015201
• ISBN13: 9780151015207
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Harper
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"