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Antarctic Atlas - New Maps and Graphics That Tell the Story of A Continent (Hardcover)
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Antarctic Atlas - New Maps and Graphics That Tell the Story of A Continent (Hardcover)
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A FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020 SHORTLISTED FOR THE ESTWA
AWARD FOR ILLUSTRATED TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022 One of the
least-known places on the planet, the only continent on earth with
no indigenous population, Antarctica is a world apart. From a
leading cartographer with the British Antarctic Survey, this new
collection of maps and data reveals Antarctica as we have never
seen it before. This is not just a book of traditional maps. It
measures everything from the thickness of ice beneath our feet to
the direction of ice flows. It maps volcanic lakes, mountain ranges
the size of the Alps and gorges longer than the Grand Canyon, all
hidden beneath the ice. It shows us how air bubbles trapped in ice
tell us what the earth's atmosphere was like 750,000 years ago,
proving the effects of greenhouse gases. Colonies of emperor
penguins abound around the coastline, and the journeys of
individual seals around the continent and down to the sea bed in
search of food have been intricately tracked and mapped.
Twenty-nine nations have research stations in Antarctica and their
unique architecture is laid out here, along with the challenges of
surviving in Antarctica'sunforgiving environment. Antarctica is
also the frontier of our fight against climate change. If its ice
melts, it will swamp almost every coastal city in the world.
Antarctic Atlas illustrates the harsh beauty and magic of this
mysterious continent, and shows how, far from being abstract, it
has direct relevance to us all.
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