Ice diaries by jean mcneil overdrive rakuten overdrive. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading ice diaries. Land of wondrous cold audiobook by gillen darcy wood. In three more days, ellsworth station was either 90%. Switching between the victorian age of antarctic discoveryof which far less has been written about than the socalled heroic age of antarcticaand present scientific discoveries, land of wondrous cold fuses antarctic past and future in a timely, absorbing work of environmental history. Winner of the banff mountain book festival grand prize and one of the guardians best books of 2016. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. Switching between the victorian age of antarctic discovery. Jean mcneil reflects on her time in antarctica in her memoir, ice diaries. Ice diaries is the story of mcneils years spent in ice, not only in the antarctic but her subsequent travels to greenland, iceland, and svalbard, culminating in a strange event in cape town, south africa, where she journeyed to make what was to be her final trip to. Ice diaries is the story of mcneil s years spent in ice, not only in the antarctic but her subsequent travels in greenland, iceland and svalbard, culminating in a strange event in cape town, south africa, where she journeyed to make what was to be her final trip to the southernmost continent. Retold with added information, its the first book to place the famed voyages of norwegian explorer roald amundsen, his british rivals robert scott and ernest shackleton, and others in a larger scientific, social, and geopolitical. In a radical retelling of antarctic exploration, gillen darcy wood focuses on the fierce rivalry between the french, british, and american expeditions of the 1840s, and interweaves their stories with the chilling discoveries of modern scientists looking at the effects of global warming on the antarctic ice cap.
Dr jean mcneil is a novelist, poet and essayist, and was writerinresidence with the british antarctic survey for a few months, and has since made several trips to the antarctic region and to the arctic. Click and collect from your local waterstones or get free uk delivery on orders over. Access to the antarctic remains largely reserved for scientists, and it is the only piece of earth which is nobodys country. Ice diaries is the story of mcneils years spent in ice, not only in the antarctic but her subsequent travels in greenland, iceland and svalbard, culminating in a strange event in cape town, south africa, where she journeyed to make what was to be her final trip to the southernmost continent.
She has an interest in landscape, environment and climate change and over the last decade has undertaken research in antarctica, the arctic and in subsaharan africa. Published to coincide with the centenary of the first expeditions to reach the south pole, an empire of ice presents a fascinating new take on antarctic exploration. Ice diaries is the story of mcneils years spent in ice, not only in the antarctic but her subsequent travels to greenland, iceland, and svalbard. A decade ago, novelist and short story writer jean mcneil spent a year as writerinresidence with the british antarctic survey, and four months on the worlds most enigmatic continent antarctica. Kat austens concentration the matter of the soul is available for purchase and download via bandcamp. Long captivated by the solid yet impermanent nature of ice, by its stark, rugged beauty, acclaimed poet and writer nancy campbell sets out from the worlds northernmost.
In ice diaries, jean mcneil is haunted by her time. Read ice diaries an antarctic memoir by jean mcneil available from rakuten kobo. All members are encouraged to submit similar material for archiving here, and linking to the time trek application. In the spirit of the diaries of antarctic explorers. Ice diaries an antarctic memoir published in canada.
Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Her work has been shortlisted for the governor generals award for fiction, the journey prize, and she has won the prism international prize for short fiction and subsequently for narrative nonfiction. She is a reader in creative writing and coconvenor of the ma in. Kat austens concentration the matter of the soul is available for purchase and download via. Ice diaries is the story of mcneils years spent in ice, not only in the antarctic but her subsequent travels to greenland, iceland, and svalbard, culminating in a strange event in cape town, south africa, where she journeyed to make what was to be her final trip to the southernmost continent. A gripping history of the polar continent, from the great discoveries of the nineteenth century to modern scientific breakthroughsantarctica, the ice kingdom hosting the south pole, looms large in the human imagination. In the spirit of the diaries of earlier antarctic explorers, mcneil mixes travelogue, popular science, and memoir to examine the history of our fascination with ice.
An antarctic memoir jean mcneil, ecw press can, 2016 the bond simon mccartney, vertebrate publishing uk, 2016 the shark and the albatross john aitchison, greystone books can, 2016. Land of wondrous cold by gillen darcy wood downturk. Banff mountain film and book festival program 2016 by. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Jean mcneil on her lifechanging journey to antarctica cbc. Oct 08, 2015 ice diaries is the story of mcneil s years spent in ice, not only in the antarctic but her subsequent travels in greenland, iceland and svalbard, culminating in a strange event in cape town, south africa, where she journeyed to make what was to be her final trip to the southernmost continent. In spite of all the plans for a systematic construction of ellsworth station by the seabees taking 40 days, thewyandotwas completely unloaded of 11.
Mar 01, 2016 ice diaries is the story of mcneils years spent in ice, not only in the antarctic but her subsequent travels to greenland, iceland, and svalbard, culminating in a strange event in cape town, south africa, where she journeyed to make what was to be her final trip to the southernmost continent. Jean mcneil is the author of ten books including four novels and a collection of short fiction. Explore books by jean mcneil with our selection at. Her memoir and polar travel narrative ice diaries was named as one of the best nature books by the guardian in the uk in 2018. Oriented at first glance toward the pole of climatechange literature, its less a reflection on climate. Ice diaries is the story of mcneils years spent in ice, not only in the antarctic but her subsequent travels in greenland, iceland and svalbard, culminating in a. An antarctic memoir jean mcneil, narrated by bridget wareham careergasm. Jean mcneil on her lifechanging journey to antarctica. Lizzies diaries from antarctica updated 15 december 2003, 14. For the next two weeks everything moved in a chaotic but deterministic way until the ships departure on 10 february. A vivid and perceptive audiobook combining memoir and scientific and cultural history with a bewitching account of landscape and place, which will appeal to listeners of robert macfarlane, roger deakin and olivia laing. Land of wondrous cold by gillen darcy wood 0dayreleases. Ice diaries is the story of mcneil s years spent in ice, not only in the antarctic but her subsequent travels in greenland, iceland and svalbard, culminating in a strange event in cape town, south africa. You can listen to an interview with cbcs shelagh rogers on her books programme,the next chapter, ice diaries an antarctic memoir published in canada and the us jean mcneil.
Cbbc newsround world lizzies diaries from antarctica. Its a book about ice and its properties, both emotional and physical a tale of ice and the polar regions and a travelogue filtered through a personal climate change story. Ice diaires an antarctic memoir is published by ecw press in canada and the us in march 2016. Winner of the banff mountain book festival grand prize and one of the guardians best. Extreme adventures at the highest temperatures on earth. Ice diaries is the story of mcneil s years spent in ice, not only in the antarctic but her subsequent travels to greenland, iceland, and svalbard, culminating in a strange event in cape town, south africa, where she journeyed to make what was to be her final trip to the southernmost continent. Ice diaries an antarctic memoir in march 2016 i will publish ice diaries an antarctic memoir. The banff mountain book festival is an annual book festival held at the banff centre in. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read heat.
A number of memoirs and diaries have been submitted by society members for publication on the website. In ice diaries, jean mcneil is haunted by her time in. The library of ice by nancy campbell and tania rodrigues. Extreme adventures at the highest temperatures on earth ebook written by ranulph fiennes.
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