{"product_id":"empire-antarctica-book-gavin-francis-9780099565963","title":"Empire Antarctica","description":"* WINNER OF THE SCOTTISH BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2013 *  *Shortlisted for the 2013 Costa Biography Prize* * Shortlisted for the 2013 RSL Ondaatje Prize * * Shortlisted for Banff Adventure Travel Prize * * Shortlisted for Saltire Book of the Year Award *   Gavin Francis fulfilled a lifetime's ambition when he spent fourteen months as the base-camp doctor at Halley, a profoundly isolated British research station on the Caird Coast of Antarctica. So remote, 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.  Antarctica offered a year of unparalleled silence and solitude, with few distractions and very little human history, but also a rare oppurtunity to live among emperor penguins, the only species truly at home in the Antarctic. Following the penguins throughout the year -- from a summer of perpetual sunshine to months of winter darkness -- Gavin Francis explores a world of great beauty conjured from the simplest elements, the hardship of living at 50°C below zero and the unexpected comfort that the penguin community bring.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49548274303249,"sku":"GOR005295559","price":10.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49625264095505,"sku":"GOR005338528","price":10.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":50327308435729,"sku":"NGR9780099565963","price":0.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/009956596X.jpg?v=1751004568","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/de-ch\/products\/empire-antarctica-buch-gavin-francis-9780099565963","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}