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About this book
WINNER OF THE SCOTTISH BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD
Gavin Francis spent fourteen months in one of the remotest places in the world: Halley, a research station in Antarctica. Storm-locked and frozen, 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.
In the icy emptiness of Antarctica, where one misstep outdoors can mean death but the confined corridors of Halley can drive you mad, Gavin challenges himself to thrive at the ends of the earth. In the penguin colonies, a species utterly adapted to the harsh environment, he finds community, inspiration and joy.
Shortlisted for the Costa Biography Prize, RSL Ondaatje Prize, Banff Adventure Travel Prize and Saltire Book of the Year Award
Book of the Year for the Financial Times, Sunday Herald, Scotsman
A travel book pick for the Sunday Times and the National Geographic
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction by Sara Wheeler
- List of Illustrations and Maps
- Preface – A Glimpse from the Ice
- 1 Imagining Antarctica
- 2 The Axis of the Atlantic
- 3 Of Kings and Emperors
- 4 Antarctica at Last!
- 5 High Days and Holidays
- 6 The Hinge of the Continent
- 7 Waiting for Winter
- 8 Darkness and Light
- 9 Midwinter
- 10 The Third Quarter
- 11 The Promise of Life
- 12 Gathering Light
- 13 Freedom of the Ice
- 14 Of Endings and Beginnings
- Afterword – The Memory of Antarctica
- Acknowledgements
- Notes