Antarctica: Life on the Ice by Susan Fox Rogers

Antarctica: Life on the Ice by Susan Fox Rogers

Antarctica s legend as a fascinating, forbidding place is confirmed and expanded in these insider articles. Covering everything from Happy Camper School to washing dishes to what it s like to fall in love in a place where the sun never goes down (or never comes up), these articles limn a world of colorful characters (human and otherwise) and breathtaking backdrops. The humor runs high here in work by Karen Joyce, who recounts an odd afternoon when it rained chickens, and Glenn Grant, who riffs on the dreaded psych test. Some of the contributors are award-winning travel writers: Bill Fox, for example, leads a pithy tour through the remote base McMurdo, while Lucy Bledsoe tells of looking for krill and finding dinosaur bones instead. Other contributors are newbies who vividly conjure the region s extraordinary sights, from gale-force winds and magnificent glaciers to mummified seals and charming penguins.

Susan Fox Rogers has edited a number of anthologies, including Solo: On Her Own Adventures, Alaska Passages: 20 Voices from Above the 54th Parallel, and Another Wilderness: Notes from the New Outdoorswoman. She has been a rock climber for over twenty years. She currently resides in Tuscon, Arizona.

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ISBN 13	9781932361537
ISBN 10	1932361537
Title	Antarctica: Life on the Ice
Author	Susan Fox Rogers
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Travelers' Tales, Incorporated
Year published	2007-10-18
Number of pages	264
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