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Augusto Gansser - From the Life of a World Explorer (Hardcover)
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Augusto Gansser - From the Life of a World Explorer (Hardcover)
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Professor Augusto Gansser, who died in 2012 aged 101, was a Swiss
geologist, researcher and adventurer whose explorations led to new
insights about the origins of the great mountain ranges. Early on
in his life this modest man began to document his work and life in
words, sketches and photographs. His first diary dates back to
1929, the beginning of his career as a geologist. 80 years later,
the stock of his diaries and field notebooks is impressive. They
tell of the adventurous trip to Eastern Greenland in 1934 when his
team of geologists got stranded on the pack-ice for several weeks.
They speak of demanding excursions in the Himalayas - barely
investigated in the mid-thirties; of his artistry at disguise when
he entered Tibet, at the time still closed to foreigners, disguised
as a monk to bring back valuable rock samples from the Kailas, the
holiest mountain on planet earth. They speak of excursions to
Columbia and Trinidad, and the discovery of giant oil deposits as
geologist-in-chief under the Shah of Persia. They tell of the
friendship with the Bhutanese King's family and their support in
allowing him to be the first to map their country. And this book
speaks of all these adventures. There is an immense wealth of
photos, sketches and field reports in this lavish book. Ursula
Markus accompanied her father Augusto Gansser on many trips. As
editor she researched the immense image material for the book, and
with the well-known journalist Ursula Eichenberger the eventful
life of Gansser is described.
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