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High Places - Cultural Geographies of Mountains, Ice and Science (Hardcover)
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High Places - Cultural Geographies of Mountains, Ice and Science (Hardcover)
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High mountains, polar expanses, volcanic peaks are exciting and
special environments. 13 leading international geographers explore
different aspects of these environments - disorientation,
exploration, native knowledge, polar research. This is the first
book to do this.High places - be they mountain peaks or the vast
expanses of the polar latitudes - have always captured the human
imagination. Inaccessible, extreme, they are commonly invested with
awe and reverence, as places of physical challenge, intense
experience. Increasingly, they are also treated as unique locations
for science."High Places" explores the fascinating geographies of
these special environments, revealing how senses are challenged,
objectivities exposed, cultural assumptions laid bare. Whether
walking the summit of Pico de Orizaba, the fourth highest volcano
in the northern hemisphere; recounting the tale of the American
explorer Charles Wilkes, charged with 'immoral mapping' in
Antarctica; or exploring the 200,000 year old Greenland ice core;
the international contributors reveal the richness and significance
of these unique locations. Embracing Europe, Asia, North and
Central America, Antarctica and the Arctic, "High Places" will
interest geographers, historians of science, and those interested
in polar/mountain studies, landscape, culture and environment.
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