Antarctica

Description

Antarctica - Land of Silence is an evocative portrayal of the continent's mountains, icescapes and wildlife. Images from the Southern Ocean, the Falkland Islands, South Georgia, Macquarie Island and New Zealand's sub-antarctic islands also feature in this beautifully illustrated book.

 

Antarctica - that great white heart of the Earth - is the ultimage wild place. Breathtakingly beautiful, and protected by the Antarctic Treaty and strict environmental protocol, Antarctica is renowned as a high, cold desert of ice that is surrounded by the mightiest body of water on earth - the Southern Ocean.

 

Antarctica - Land of Silence is an evocative portrayal of the continent's mountains, icescapes and wildlife. Images from the Southern Ocean, the Falkland Islands, South Georgia, Macquarie Island and New Zealand's sub-antarctic islands also feature in this beautifully illustrated book.<>

Author description

Based in Christchurch, Colin Monteath is a well-known and widely published polar and mountain landscape and wildlife photographer who has been involved in many publications on Antarctica.