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Antarctica -- a place of intensely profound coldness, solitude, and beauty. Welcome to a landmass 98 percent covered in ice, a world of howling winds and rogue waves, a place of summer's radiant light and winter's interstellar dark. This book pushes the freezer door open to reveal the continent's physical geography, its explorers, and its wildlife -- blizzards of krill, societies of seals, and cacophonies of penguins. Although the modern world threatens Antarctica's pristine environment, every member of the Antarctic Treaty has signed the Madrid Protocol for Environmental Protection. If any place can prove that many peoples of many nations can cooperate to save what remains of the wild Earth, that place will be Antarctica -- the coldest, windiest, highest, driest, least populated, and most remote corner of the world.
Synopsis
Antarctica -- a place of intensely profound coldness, solitude, and beauty. Welcome to a landmass 98 percent covered in ice, a world of howling winds and rogue waves, a place of summer's radiant light and winter's interstellar dark. This book pushes the freezer door open to reveal the continent's physical geography, its explorers, and its wildlife -- blizzards of krill, societies of seals, and cacophonies of penguins. Although the modern world threatens Antarctica's pristine environment, every member of the Antarctic Treaty has signed the Madrid Protocol for Environmental Protection. If any place can prove that many peoples of many nations can cooperate to save what remains of the wild Earth, that place will be Antarctica -- the coldest, windiest, highest, driest, least populated, and most remote corner of the world.
Synopsis
Antarctica -- a place of intensely profound coldness, solitude, and beauty. Welcome to a landmass 98 percent covered in ice, a world of howling winds and rogue waves, a place of summer's radiant light and winter's interstellar dark. This book pushes the freezer door open to reveal the continent's physical geography, its explorers, and its wildlife -- blizzards of krill, societies of seals, and cacophonies of penguins. Although the modern world threatens Antarctica's pristine environment, every member of the Antarctic Treaty has signed the Madrid Protocol for Environmental Protection. If any place can prove that many peoples of many nations can cooperate to save what remains of the wild Earth, that place will be Antarctica -- the coldest, windiest, highest, driest, least populated, and most remote corner of the world.
Synopsis
These handy, take-along volumes are both beautiful destination planners and wonderful armchair adventures. Written in a warm, first-person style, the informative text plus up-to-date maps make for easy vacation planning, while the lush photography and unbeatable price make them great gift items. The first four titles are:
-- Beyond the Horizon: Come to the edge of enchantment: the highlands of Venezuela, Iceland, shaped by fire and ice, and the Chinese kingdom of Muli.