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Erebus The Ice Dragon: A Portrait of an Antarctic Volcano
by Colin Monteath
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- Hardcover
- Signed
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About This Item
Erebus The Ice Dragon - A Portrait of an Antarctic Volcano - Colin Monteath
Massey University Press, Auckland ISBN# 9781991016362
: Boxed limited edition of 100 with black and white boards & silver font - signed & numbered bookplate. This copy # 79. Casebound, colour jacket, 350 pages, 13 richly illustrated chapters, colour & historic B&W images & paintings throughout, satellite images, original artwork,
Illustrated Timeline from 1841-2020, glossary, extensive bibliography, Appendix on 1979 air crash names and Erebus medal etc, Index.
- First Antarctic book on history of a single mountain.
* 180 years of human history on Ross Island & Erebus since discovery in 1841 by James Clark Ross.
* Chapter outlining Antarctica's volcanoes on and around the continent
* Chapters on Shackleton (1908) & Scott (1912) expeditions…1st and 2nd ascents of Erebus
* 50 years since discovery of Erebus lava lake in 1972 by New Zealand scientist Philip Kyle.
* Ascents and early science 1959 - 1960s
* Inner crater descent 1978 plus detailed chapters on science & adventure throughout 1970s & modern science to 2020.(outlining Philip Kyle's 44 seasons on Erebus)
* Three private expedition ascents including Roger Mear's 1985 winter solo.
* Chapter by Dr Adele Jackson 'Shaping a Volcano - Erebus and the artistic imagination'
* Chapter on 1979 Air New Zealand air crash on Ross Island.
* Contributions / sidebars by NZ & US scientists, surveyors, mountaineers…+ French volcanologist Haroun Tazieff. - THIS item is heavy and may require extra postage when sent internationally outside New Zealand. THE IMAGE SHOWN ON BIBLIO IS THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING PURCHASED.
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- Bookseller
- Barking Mad Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BMB#90
- Title
- Erebus The Ice Dragon
- Author
- Colin Monteath
- Format/Binding
- New in slip case
- Book Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Massey University Press
- Place of Publication
- Auckland
- Date Published
- 2023
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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About Barking Mad Books
BARKING MAD BOOKS - Established in 1984, Barking Mad Books is New Zealand's best-known specialist antiquarian & second hand bookshop and on-line mail order service. Barking Mad Books features for sale in New Zealand dollars a collection of carefully-selected quality items on Antarctica, Arctic, polar, mountain, Himalaya, mountaineering, rock climbing, natural history, travel and exploration books. Contact colin@hedgehoghouse.com for more details/scans on any item. Browsers welcome in Barking Mad Bookshop when in Christchurch, New Zealand (by appointment only Cell# 022-693-2439).
With 32 seasons in Antarctica and 26 Himalayan expeditions behind him, Colin Monteath also maintains a large polar / mountain / exploration reference library. Researchers, authors, publishers are welcome to use this service...see also hi-resolution image galleries on www.colinmonteath.nz
The cover photo you see on Biblio is the actual book you are purchasing, NOT a generic image. If you are not happy with the book you receive because the description has been faulty then I will honour a full refund.
With 32 seasons in Antarctica and 26 Himalayan expeditions behind him, Colin Monteath also maintains a large polar / mountain / exploration reference library. Researchers, authors, publishers are welcome to use this service...see also hi-resolution image galleries on www.colinmonteath.nz
The cover photo you see on Biblio is the actual book you are purchasing, NOT a generic image. If you are not happy with the book you receive because the description has been faulty then I will honour a full refund.
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