There have been many books about Antarctica in the past, but this is the first to capture the whole story. Gabrielle made five trips to Antarctica between 1998 and 2008, and has used her experiences to produce a book unlike any that has been written about the continent.
Antarctica weaves an intricate tapestry made up of science, natural history, stories of exploration, and personal experience: what it feels like to be there and why it draws so many different kinds of people back there again and again. Antarctica is the most alien place on Earth, the only part of our planet where humans could never survive unaided. And yet, in its silence, its agelessness and its mysteries lie the secrets of our past, and of our future.
“Brimful of science, heroism, tragedy and laugh-out-loud humour, Antarctica is an exciting and informative read”
BBC Focus
“This is not just a highly accessible encyclopedia of Antarctic science. It interlaces researchers’ stories with natural history, tales of the ‘heroic age’ of exploration and passages that viscerally describe the cold, isolation and beauty of the environment”
Nature