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Trial of Strength

Adventures and Misadventures on the Wild and Remote Subantarctic Islands
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264 Seiten
Englisch
Exisle Puberschienen am01.10.2018
The subantarctic islands circle the lower part of the globe in the Roaring Forties´ and Furious Fifties´ latitudes. Trial of Strength tells the compelling stories of the men and women who have braved these unique islands and will leave you with an appreciation for the tenacity of the human race and the forbidding forces of nature.mehr
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KlappentextThe subantarctic islands circle the lower part of the globe in the Roaring Forties´ and Furious Fifties´ latitudes. Trial of Strength tells the compelling stories of the men and women who have braved these unique islands and will leave you with an appreciation for the tenacity of the human race and the forbidding forces of nature.
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ISBN/GTIN978-1-77559-356-0
ProduktartBuch
EinbandartGebunden
FormatGenäht
Erscheinungsjahr2018
Erscheinungsdatum01.10.2018
Seiten264 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
MasseBreite 191 mm, Höhe 262 mm, Dicke 23 mm
Gewicht953 g
Artikel-Nr.46572944
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Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction1. Discovery: The sealing captain, the ship´s wife´, and the lonely ghost (1780-1830)2. Exploration: The polar explorers, the captain´s wife, and the botanist with a secret (1760-1840)3. Maungahuka: The warriors and the slaves (1842-56)4. Hardwicke: The small town at the end of the world (1849-52)5. Shipwrecks: 'The Grafton', the 'Invercauld' and the 'General Grant' (1864-67)6. Transit of Venus: The astronomers, the photographers, and the epic poem (1874-75)7.Wreck-watch: Provisions depots and castaway rescue missions (1865-1927)8. Pastoral leases: The optimistic farmers and the isolated sheep (1874-1931)9. Cape Expedition´: The enemy raiders and the wartime coastwatchers (1939-45)10. Macquarie Island: The penguin oilers, the crusading scientist, and the expeditioners (1890-today)11. Campbell Island Meteorological Station: The weather-watchers and the wildlife (1945-95)12. Conservation: The sheep shooters, the teal tackle, and the subantarctic rangers (1960s-today)13. Tourism: The minister, the comic artist, and the descendant (1968-today)AcknowledgementsAppendix: Subantarctic island groups outside of the Antarctic ConvergenceEndnotesBibliographyPhotographic creditsIndexmehr

Autor

Shona Riddell is the great-great granddaughter of Harriet Cripps, who was born to two British colonists on the remote Auckland Islands in 1851. In 2016, Shona sailed south to experience the wild sub-Antarctic climate for herself. Shona has worked as an English teacher in Germany, and has a Graduate Diploma in Journalism. She has been published in a variety of publications, including the NZ Herald and the Otago Daily Times, on topics from book reviews to her personal experiences. Her first book was published in 2014, a children's book called The Tale of the Anzac Tortoise (Exisle Publishing). Trial of Strength is her second book, and she is now working on her third, which will also involve history and remote locations. Shona has lived in London and Berlin, got married in Las Vegas, and currently lives in Wellington, New Zealand, with her husband and two daughters.

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