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End of the Earth: Voyaging to Antarctica
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End of the Earth: Voyaging to Antarctica Hardcover - 2003

by Peter Matthiessen; Birgit Freybe Bateman (Photographer)

America's foremost literary naturalist and author of the best-selling "The Snow Leopard" embarks on a wildlife adventure to the world's most unforgiving and remote land--driven by a prodigious curiosity and a desire to see the greatest repository of marine animals and birds on Earth.


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End of the Earth brings to life the waters of the richest whale feeding grounds in the world, the wandering albatross with its 11-foot wingspan arching through the sky, and the habits of every variety of seal, walrus, petrel, and penguin in the area, all with boundless and contagious inquisitiveness. Magnificently written, the bookevokes an appreciation and sympathy for a region as harsh as it is beautiful. "Luminous and haunting . . . the contemporary Thoreau."--The Wall Street Journal "[Matthiessen] doesn't waste words, and in End of the Earth: Voyages to Antarctica, his homage to the austere splendor of that frozen continent, he hasn't deployed a single one whose choice I would care to take issue with. . . . Matthiessen writes crusty, chiseled sentences that demand to be read slowly--the perfect prose equivalent of the landscapes he's describing."--The New York Times Book Review

"Matthiessen and polar landscapes seem perfectly suited. . . . I found myself constantly re-reading sentences or paragraphs to savour all of their rich resonances. . . . Few if any authors on the region have so successfully compressed . . . Antarctic life . . . and I suspect it will become standard reading."--The Guardian

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  • Title End of the Earth: Voyaging to Antarctica
  • Author Peter Matthiessen; Birgit Freybe Bateman (Photographer)
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 288
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
  • Date September 1, 2003
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780792250593 / 0792250591
  • Weight 1.11 lbs (0.50 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.4 x 6.16 x 0.95 in (23.88 x 15.65 x 2.41 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Arctic/Antarctic
    • Topical: Ecology
  • Library of Congress subjects Emperor penguin - Antarctica - Antarctic, Animals - Antarctica - Antarctic Peninsula
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003051254
  • Dewey Decimal Code 508.989

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Citations

  • Booklist, 12/01/2003, Page 641
  • BookPage, 12/01/2003, Page 47
  • New York Times, 12/07/2003, Page 14
  • Publishers Weekly, 09/01/2003, Page 79

About the author

Peter Matthiessen (1927-2014) was an American writer and naturalist who famously cofounded The Paris Review as a cover for his work as a CIA agent. He won National Book Awards for The Snow Leopard and Shadow Country: A New Rendering of the Watson Legend, making him the only author to have received the honor in both the nonfiction and fiction categories. Birgit Freybe Bateman is an award-winning photographer from Hxter, Germany. Her images have appeared in numerous exhibitions, magazines, and books. Some of her credits include Force Field: 77 Women Poets of British Columbia and End of the Earth: Voyaging to Antarctica. She lives on Salt Spring Island, British Columbia. To learn more, visit birgitbateman.com.
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