Antarctica: A Biography

Like Captain James Cook, I have been slowly circling the Antarctic.

While labouring on other books, the ice-covered continent kept

looming into view like an alluring mirage, suggesting itself as a

subject worthy of closer exploration. The chance to do so came after

I completed Conquest: How societies overwhelm others (2008),

which examined how so-called 'supplanting societies' claim territories

and make them their own over an extended period of time. It

was a new way of looking at the history of the world.

Author: David Day
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford Univ PR
Published: 06/20/2013
Pages: 642
Weight: 2.15lbs
Size: 9.40h x 6.10w x 2.00d
ISBN: 9780199861453