Empire Antarctica
eBook - ePub

Empire Antarctica

Ice, Silence & Emperor Penguins

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  2. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Empire Antarctica

Ice, Silence & Emperor Penguins

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

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Introduction by Sara Wheeler
  8. List of Illustrations and Maps
  9. Preface – A Glimpse from the Ice
  10. 1 Imagining Antarctica
  11. 2 The Axis of the Atlantic
  12. 3 Of Kings and Emperors
  13. 4 Antarctica at Last!
  14. 5 High Days and Holidays
  15. 6 The Hinge of the Continent
  16. 7 Waiting for Winter
  17. 8 Darkness and Light
  18. 9 Midwinter
  19. 10 The Third Quarter
  20. 11 The Promise of Life
  21. 12 Gathering Light
  22. 13 Freedom of the Ice
  23. 14 Of Endings and Beginnings
  24. Afterword – The Memory of Antarctica
  25. Acknowledgements
  26. Notes