Empire Antarctica: Ice, Silence & Emperor Penguins

by Gavin Francis

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1619021846
• ISBN13: 9781619021846
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Counterpoint LLC
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.1"