Slicing the silence : voyaging to Antarctica
Tom Griffiths (Author)
The author reflects on his experiences exploring Antarctica, the last true wilderness
Print Book, English, 2007
Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2007
Nonfiction
399 pages : maps ; 25 cm
9780674026339, 9780674034709, 0674026330, 0674034708
87473687
Prologue
18 December : The fire on the snow : legends of the heroic era
19 December : The breath of Antarctica : the brave west winds
21 December : The University of the Southern Ocean : life at sea
23 December : Great south lands : reading the rocks
24 December : Heavenly bodies : space weather
25 December : Planting flags : claiming the ice
26 December : Cold peace : Reds down under
27 December : Wintering : surviving the polar night
28 December : Solitude : an experiment in loneliness
29 December : Honeymoon on ice : love in a cold climate
30 December : Of huddles and pebbles : life among the penguins
31 December : The changeover : time, history and generations
1 January : Green crusaders : greenpeace and greenhouse
3 January : Feeding body and soul : hunger and wonder
6 January : Captain Scott's biscuit : the archaeology of return
7 and 8 January
Simultaneously published in Australia by the UNSW Press