Description
ANTARCTICA, a dead land where nothing can decay, is the last continent to be invaded by man. Defying the furies of blizzard and cold, he is striving to wrest secrets hidden beneath an icy breastplate of six million square miles- the last great stronghold of the Ice Age; were it to melt, many cities and towns would form the bed of the sea.
What lies under the white wilderness is one of the world’s unsolved mysteries.
Douglas Liversidge reveals much fascinating data in his authoritative book. He tells of the arduous search for Antarctica, right from the fifteenth century, and the gripping adventure and drama in subsequent exploration of the desolate interior up to the present day. Related, too, are exciting accounts of sealing and whale-hunting. Vividly described is the bird-life-penguin-land (notably the primitive Emperors, one of the closest living links with the cold-blooded reptiles that once roamed the earth), the Southern bird world, and the under-water jungle that teems in Antarctica’s freezing seas.
Hard cover. 240 pages. In average pre-loved condition with the exception of some brown spots on page edges and inside front and back covers. Dust cover a little tatty on upper edge. copyright 1953. A treasure.
