Toward Antarctica (Paperback)

*Selected as a Top 10 Must-Read Book About Antarctica by the International Association of Antarctic Tour Operators Poet-naturalist Elizabeth Bradfield's fourth collection, Toward Antarctica, documents and queries her work as a guide on ships in Antarctica, offering an incisive insider's vision that challenges traditional tropes of The Last Continent. Inspired by haibun, a stylistic form of Japanese poetry invented by 17th-century poet, Matsuo Basho to chronicle his journeys in remote Japan, Bradfield uses photographs, compressed prose, and short poems to examine our relationship to remoteness, discovery, expertise, awe, labor, temporary societies, "pure" landscapes, and tourism's service economy. Antarctica was the focus of Bradfield's Approaching Ice, written before she had set foot on the continent; now Toward Antarctica furthers her investigation with boots on the ground. A complicated love letter, Toward Antarctica offers a unique view of one of the world's most iconic wild places.

General

Imprint:	Boreal Books
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	May 2019
First published:	2019
Authors:	Elizabeth Bradfield
Dimensions:	215 x 190 x 8mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	160
ISBN-13:	978-1-59709-886-1
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General Books > Sport & Leisure > Travel & holiday > Places & peoples: general interest Books > Arts & Architecture > Photography & photographs > Photographic collections > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Poetry texts & anthologies > General Books > Sport & Leisure > Natural history, country life & pets > Wild animals > General Books > Sport & Leisure > Travel & holiday > Travel & holiday guides > General Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Conservation of the environment > Conservation of wildlife & habitats > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Art treatments & subjects > Iconography, subjects depicted in art > Nature in art, still life, landscapes & seascapes > General Books > Biography > General Books > Travel > Places & peoples: general interest Books > Travel > Travel & holiday guides > General
LSN:	1-59709-886-8
Barcode:	9781597098861

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