Terra Antarctica: Looking Into the Emptiest Continent
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How does the human mind transform space into place, or land into landscape? For more than three decades, William L. Fox has looked at empty landscapes and the role of the arts to investigate the way humans make sense of space. In Terra Antarctica, Fox continues this line of inquiry as he travels to the Antarctic, the "largest and most extreme desert on earth." This contemporary travel narrative interweaves artistic, cartographic, and...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1595348948
ISBN13:9781595348944
Release Date:September 2019
Publisher:Trinity University Press
Length:364 Pages
Weight:1.10 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 5.8" x 9.0"
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A medley of artistic, cartographic, and scientific images intertwine
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Terra Antarctica: Looking Into the Emptiest Continent is the true-life story of award-finalist author William L. Fox's journey to explore the Antarctic, the "largest and most extreme desert on Earth". A medley of artistic, cartographic, and scientific images intertwine in his reflections of the remote and brutally harsh continent. A handful of gorgeous color photographs illustrate this compelling tale tempered with a scientist's respect for and love of nature's glory.
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