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White Paradise: Journey's to the North Pole

Door Francis Latreille

Categorie	Ontdekkingsreizen & Expedities
Boeknummer	#329608-AD21
Titel	White Paradise: Journey's to the North Pole
Auteur	Latreille, Francis
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	New York, NY : Abrams
Jaar van uitgave	2006
ISBN10	0810930943
ISBN13	9780810930940
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Original white boards, dust jacket, richly illustrated with photographs, 4to.
Samenvatting	The North Pole? s fierce beauty has drawn many explorers to its unforgiving environment. Francis Latreille is one of the intrepid, having participated in expeditions there for the last 20 years, and in White Paradise he introduces readers to the region? s inhabitants and surroundings, illustrating its dramatic allure with his photographs. More than a tribute to the Arctic Circle, Latreille? s book covers the growing threat to the North Pole? s very existence? global warming? and documents this phenomenon? s devastating effects, specifically the melting of the North Pole? s ice fields and gradual diminishing of its massive glaciers. It includes work from the famous Mammuthus expedition in 1999, where a virtually intact mammoth carcass was extracted from the North Pole? s tundra. White Pa... (Lees verder)radise is Abrams? contribution to the International Polar Year, revealing with beauty and dedication this mysterious frozen corner of the world. The North Pole? s fierce beauty has drawn many explorers to its unforgiving environment. Francis Latreille is one of the intrepid, having participated in expeditions there for the last 20 years, and in White Paradise he introduces readers to the region? s inhabitants and surroundings, illustrating its dramatic allure with his photographs. More than a tribute to the Arctic Circle, Latreille? s book covers the growing threat to the North Pole? s very existence? global warming? and documents this phenomenon? s devastating effects, specifically the melting of the North Pole? s ice fields and gradual diminishing of its massive glaciers. It includes work from the famous Mammuthus expedition in 1999, where a virtually intact mammoth carcass was extracted from the North Pole? s tundra. White Paradise is Abrams? contribution to the International Polar Year, revealing with beauty and dedication this mysterious frozen corner of the world.
Pagina's	260
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 15,00

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