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Going to Extremes (Paperback)
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Going to Extremes (Paperback)
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In Going to Extremes writer, presenter and Oxford geography don
Nick Middleton visits Oymyakon in Siberia, where the average winter
temperature is -47 degrees and 40% of the population have lost
their fingers to frostbite while changing the car wheel. Next he
travels to Arica Chile where there have been fourteen consecutive
years without a drop of rain and so fog is people's only source of
water. Going from the driest to the wettest, he visits Mawsynram in
India which annually competes for the title with its neighbour
Cherrapunji. However, Nick discovers even here, that during the dry
season, there is water shortage and one entrepreneur has started
selling it bottled. Finally his journey takes him to Dalol in
Ethiopia known as the 'hell hole of creation' where the temperature
remains at 94 degrees year round. Here Nick will join miners who
work all day with no shade, limited water and no protective
clothing. The book and series consider how and why people lives in
these harsh environments. How does Nick's body react to these
contrasting extremes? He looks at the geographical and
meteorological conditions. He meets local characters and discovers
the history of these settlements to find out how they ever became
populated. He looks at the way both the population, and the flora
and fauna, have adapted physically to the climate, and also
considers the psychological impact of living under such conditions.
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