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Wondrous Cold: An Antartic Journey

Contributor(s): Myers, Joan (Author)

ISBN: 9781588342386

Publisher: Smithsonian Books

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Pub Date: June 1, 2006

Dewey: 919.8904

LCCN: 2005024831

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Dust Cover, Illustrated, Maps, Price on Product, Table of Contents

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.77" H x 9.32" L x 11.26" W ( 2.45 lbs) 160 pages

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Description: Award-winning photographer Joan Myers traversed Antarctica by plane, helicopter, and snowmobile to capture life at McMurdo and surrounding field stations, explorers' abandoned huts, the South Pole, and Mt. Erebus, an active volcano, among other landmarks. 150 photos.

Review Quotes: "There is music in [Myers'] best prints: subtle, lovely, and nuanced."--Michael More, Camera Arts

"Joan Myers' enchanting pictures offer up wonderful insights into the mysterious otherness of the frozen south."--Sarah Wheeler, author of Terra Incognita: Travels in Antarctica and Cherry: A Life of Apsley Cherry-Garrard

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