Antarctica - An Intimate Portrait of the World's Most Mysterious Continent

Antarctica is at first sight the most alien place on Earth, the only part of our planet where humans could never survive unaided. `It is truly like walking on another planet.' And yet in its silence, its ageessness and the sublime beauty of its landscapes lie the secrets of our past, and of our future... there have been many books about Antarctica in the last hundred years, but where most have previously focused on one aspect of the continent, none until now has managed to capture the whole extraordinary story... Walker weaves an amazing story of many threads into an intricate tapestry made up of natural history, poetry, science, exploration, and epic adventure...