ANTARCTICA

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Atlas of the Unknown Continent. Named Best Book: Travel by the Financial Times. Awarded the ITB Book Award 2023 in the Atlases & Globes category.


Peter Fretwell


  • A breathtaking portrait of the mysterious continent
  • A top-class atlas with unique maps
  • Current research on geography and climate change in Antarctica
  • Awarded the ITB Book Award 2023 in the category "Maps, Atlases"
  • A “Financial Times Book of the Year 2020”
  • Hardcover


Antarctica, still one of the most unknown places on the planet, is for humanity

Vital for survival. Polar expert and award-winning cartographer Peter Fretwell offers unprecedented insights into the beauty and magic of this fascinating world in this atlas. His maps reveal landscapes hidden beneath the ice, vast penguin colonies, the migrations of seals, and the lives and survival of people at research stations. The modern

Cartography documents the current state of research in a uniquely exciting and entertaining way, and it becomes clear what a key position the mysterious continent of Antarctica has in climate change.


Translated from English by Dagmar Brenneisen

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  • CHARACTERISTICS

    EAN / ISBN 978-3-98904-002-1

    Item No. KEM-98904

    Page number 272


    Product type Hardcover


    author Peter Fretwell

    Publication date September 19, 2022

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    THE 7 POLES OF ANTARCTICA


    It is a well-known fact that our Earth has a geographic and a magnetic south and north pole, and that these are currently positioned in exactly opposite directions. However, many people are unaware that the continent of Antarctica has a total of seven poles. In addition to the geographic and magnetic poles, the continent also possesses a geomagnetic south pole, the "Pole of Solitude," the "Pole of Inaccessibility," the "Pole of Ignorance," and the "Pole of the Masses."


    FASCINATION ANTARCTICA


    Antarctica may seem distant and otherworldly, but it is fundamentally important. Its oceans determine our global weather systems and absorb half of the additional CO2 produced by humans. When the vast ice of the Antarctic continent melts, coastal cities worldwide are flooded. This is one of the reasons why Peter Fretwell wrote this book. His aim is twofold: to share the fascination Antarctica held for him and to explain the importance of the white continent, telling the story of its transformation.

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    ABOUT THE AUTHOR


    Polar expert and cartographer Peter Fretwell is one of the leading scientists of the British Antarctic Survey. He pioneered Antarctic research by using satellite imagery to locate and observe polar wildlife. One of his greatest achievements is the discovery and monitoring of half of the world's emperor penguin colonies. Fretwell's maps and graphics offer a unique glimpse into a fragile and largely unknown world.

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