For centuries Antarctica has captured the imagination of explorers; scientists; and armchair travelers. Its starkly beautiful landscape; extraordinary wildlife; and harsh climate only begin to suggest the wonders of the world's least understood continent.Intrigued by a part of the planet vividly described in the journals of explorers Robert Falcon Scott and Ernest Henry Shackleton; award-winning photographer Joan Myers set out to see for herself why people are drawn to such an inhospitable and uncompromising place. Over the course of several trips; Myers traversed the continent by foot; plane; helicopter; snowmobile; and Coast Guard icebreaker. Working in below-freezing temperatures; braving blizzards and wind chills as low as -84°F; she captured entrancing panoramas of Antarctica's beauty and vast scale; teeming penguin rookeries and docile seals; and the ghostly abandoned huts of early explorers. From her temporary base at McMurdo Station; Antarctica's primary research facility; she documented the daily lives of the scientists and support staff who work in this extreme environment.Wondrous Cold features more than 180 of Myers' captivating color and black-and-white photographs. Her engaging journal entries describe the physical challenges of taking photographs in a place where a tripod freezes solid in five minutes as well as the research; rhythms; and rituals of life on the Ice. New York Times writer Sandra Blakeslee contributes sidebars on the science conducted at the world's most remote frontier.
#4405839 in Books Heritage Books Inc. 2006-10-29Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 8.50 x .46 x 5.50l; .59 #File Name: 1585496960204 pages
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