Empire Antarctica, ice, silence & emperor penguins, Gavin Francis
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Empire Antarctica, ice, silence & emperor penguins, Gavin Francis
Language
eng
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Includes bibliographical references
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contains biographical information
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Index
no index present
Literary form
non fiction
Main title
Empire Antarctica
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
829451928
Responsibility statement
Gavin Francis
Sub title
ice, silence & emperor penguins
Summary
"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.... Antarctica offered a year of unparalleled silence and solitude, with few distractions and very little human history, but also a rare opportunity to live among emperor penguins, the only species truly at home in the Antarctic. Following the penguins throughout the year--from a summer of perpetual sunshine to months of winter darkness--Gavin Francis explores a 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 communities 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."--Front flap of jacket
Table of contents
Preface: a glimpse from the ice -- Imagining Antarctica -- The axis of the Atlantic -- Of kings and emperors -- Antarctica at last! -- High days and holidays -- The hinge of the continent -- Waiting for winter -- Darkness and light -- Midwinter -- The third quarter -- The promise of life -- Gathering light -- Freedom of the ice -- Of endings and beginnings -- Afterword: the memory of Antarctica
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