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| View Larger Image | Wondrous Cold: An Antarctic Journey
by Joan Myers
| | List Price: | $35.00 | | Price: | $26.82 | | You Save: | $8.18 (23%) |  | | Available: | Usually ships in 24 hours | | | | | Sales Rank: | 274531 | | Studio: | Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service/Smithsonian Books | | | Binding: | Hardcover | | Number Of Pages: | 158 | | Publication Date: | May 31, 2006 | | Publisher: | Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service/Smithsonian Books |
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Book Description
Antarctica is a land of extremes: coldest, windiest, highest, driest. The place New Mexico photographer Joan Myers calls the "most hostile continent on Earth" nearly defies capture by film or words. In Wondrous Cold: An Antarctic Journey, Myers achieves both. Her exquisite photographs of landscapes, wildlife, and the abandoned huts of early explorers are juxtaposed with glimpses of scientists who seek to understand Antarctica’s past and future and the support staff who facilitate their work. Myers’ journal entries provide a warm introduction to the people and places of this harsh yet surprisingly fragile environment. Science-related sidebars written by New York Times writer Sandra Blakeslee, literary quotations, and excerpts from historic and contemporary sources contribute additional perspective on the world’s most remote frontier. An award winner at the 2006 American Association of Museums publications competition, Wondrous Cold was praised by the jury for its excellence in graphic design and printing. And now there came both mist and snow, And it grew wondrous cold: And ice, mast-high, came floating by, As green as emerald. Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 5.0 based on 2 reviews)
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To Be Read As Well As Viewed 
Although this is a "coffee table" style book, and the pictures are excellent, its stated goal was to review the interaction of humans with Antarctica, and it does this exceedingly well. Ms. Myers insights and her expressions of the feelings of being on this beautiful continent are excellent. Study the photos well, but read the text thoroughly. By all means, get this book if you have any interest in Antarctica.
August 16, 2007 | |
Antarctic Wonder
I was fortunate enough to have worked a bit with Joan when she was in Antarctica, as part of the National Science Foundation's, Writers and Artists Program. This wonderful book captures the beauty and majesty of Antarctica like no other. In her many travels to and around the Antarctic, Joan was given opportunities and access to areas that are rarely seen by anyone, let alone the many scientists and researchers that work in Antarctica. You will be immensley pleased with this book and through it become more aware of Antarctica, its history and beauty.
November 21, 2005 | |
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