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| fixed length control field |
03592pam a2200325a 44500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781408830598 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
998.9 GAB |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Gabrielle Walker |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Antarctica: An Intimate Portrait of the World's Most Mysterious Continent |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
"Walker, Gabrielle" |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
United Kingdom |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
14/03/2013 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
416 |
| Other physical details |
Paperback |
| 365 ## - TRADE PRICE |
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| Price amount |
8.99 |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Travel writing |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
"There have been many books about Antarctica in the past, but all have focused on only one aspect of the continent - its science, its wildlife, the heroic age of exploration, personal experiences or the sheer awesome beauty of the landscape- but none have managed to capture the whole story, until now. Gabrielle Walker, author, consultant to New Scientist and regular broadcaster with the BBC has written a book unlike any that has ever been written about the continent. Antarctica weaves all the significant threads into an intricate tapestry, made up of science, natural history, poetry, epic history, what it feels like to be there and why it draws so many different kinds of people back there again and again. It is only when all the parts come together that the underlying truths of the continent emerge. Antarctica is the most alien place on Earth, the only part of our planet where humans could never survive unaided. It is truly like walking on another planet. And yet, in its silence, its agelessness and its mysteries lie the secrets of our past, and of our future." |
| 521 ## - TARGET AUDIENCE NOTE |
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| Target audience note |
General (US: Trade) |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Places & peoples: general & pictorial works |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Travel writing |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Antarctica |
| 856 ## - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS |
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| Uniform Resource Identifier |
<a href=""Gabrielle Walker has a PhD in natural sciences from Cambridge University and has taught at both Cambridge and Princeton universities. She is Chief Scientist of strategic advisory firm Xynteo, a consultant to New Scientist, contributes frequently to BBC radio and writes for many newspapers and magazines. In 2009 and 2011 respectively she presented the Planet Earth Under Threat series and Thin Air for BBC Radio 4, and in 2011 she presented The Secret Life of Ice for BBC4. She lives in North London."">"Gabrielle Walker has a PhD in natural sciences from Cambridge University and has taught at both Cambridge and Princeton universities. She is Chief Scientist of strategic advisory firm Xynteo, a consultant to New Scientist, contributes frequently to BBC radio and writes for many newspapers and magazines. In 2009 and 2011 respectively she presented the Planet Earth Under Threat series and Thin Air for BBC Radio 4, and in 2011 she presented The Secret Life of Ice for BBC4. She lives in North London."</a> |
| 906 ## - LOCAL DATA ELEMENT F, LDF (RLIN) |
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| Category |
198 |
| Subcategory |
129 |