Description
Writer and Antarctic explorer Neider tells of his third trip to the frozen continent, describing the international stations there and the goals they are working toward. Neider also tours the Antarctic landscape, observing the geography and wildlife and evoking it in detail. Devoting scrutiny to the international treaties that protect the continent politically and environmentally, Neider reveals how important those treaties are. Also included in this work are interviews with Antarctic pioneers Sir Charles Wright, Sir Vivian Fuchs, and Laurence Gould.
Author: Charles Neider
Publisher: Cooper Square Press
Published: 09/03/2002
Pages: 408
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.18lbs
Size: 8.92h x 6.04w x 0.88d
ISBN13: 9780815412359
ISBN10: 0815412355
BISAC Categories:
- Travel | Polar Regions
- Nature | General
Author: Charles Neider
Publisher: Cooper Square Press
Published: 09/03/2002
Pages: 408
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.18lbs
Size: 8.92h x 6.04w x 0.88d
ISBN13: 9780815412359
ISBN10: 0815412355
BISAC Categories:
- Travel | Polar Regions
- Nature | General
About the Author
Charles Neider is the editor of Antarctica: Firsthand Accounts of Exploration and Endurance, Tolstoy: Tales of Courage and Conflict and Life As I Find It: A Treasury of Mark Twain Rarities, among many other books.