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The Ends of the Earth: an Anthology of the Finest Writing on the Arctic and the Antarctic edited by Elizabeth Kolbert and Francis Spufford
Inspired by the advent of the 2007-08 Fourth International Polar Year, Kolbert (Field Notes from a Catastrophe) and Spufford (I May Be Some Time), present an anthology of writings about the arctic and Antarctic,
which is actually two books in one. Halfway through, readers can turn the book upside down for writings about the opposite end of the earth--a clever design for an important work in this time of heightened interest in the health of the polar ice caps. The anthology, which runs the gamut from journal entries to science fiction, does indeed live up to its claim of containing the finest writings on the topic. Included are primary source accounts by early explorers such as Ernest Shackleton, John Franklin, and Kund Rasmussen, nature writings by Barry Lopez and Gretel Ehrlich, excerpts from novels by Jules Verne, Jack London, and H. P. Lovecraft, and essays by journalists and scientists. Great reading for the armchair adventurer. This book isn't in the library. Ask a Library Staff member how to order it from another library. Here's the information you'll need besides the author and title: Bloomsbury (publisher), 2007, 978-1-59691-443-8.
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