The Heart of the Great Alone: Scott, Shackleton, and Antarctic Photography
Hempleman-Adams, David, Emma Stuart, et al.
Language: English
Published by Bloomsbury, New York, 2009
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This is the first US edition. Dust Jacket is in fine condition without tears or chips or other damage. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Polar Exploration; ISBN/EAN: 9781608190072. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 13046. This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.
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- Title
- The Heart of the Great Alone: Scott, Shackleton, and Antarctic Photography
- Author
- Hempleman-Adams, David, Emma Stuart, et al.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury, New York
- Publication year
- 2009
- Condition
- Fine
- Dust jacket
- Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1608190072
- ISBN 13
- 9781608190072
- Edition
- 1st edition.
- Seller catalogs
- Polar Exploration
A treasure trove of photographssome never before reproduced in book formfrom the two greatest Antarctic expeditions.
Among the greatest achievements in the history of photography, those of the early polar explorers surely stand out, for the beauty of their images and the almost impossible conditions they encountered. And none of these are more remarkable than the photographs recorded by the official chroniclers of two epic Antarctic expeditionsthat of Robert Falcon Scott, departed in 1910, which tragically resulted in his death; and, four years later, that of Ernest Shackleton, whose heroic sea journey from Elephant Island to South Georgia has become the stuff of legend.
Their photographersHerbert George Ponting and Frank Hurleytransported bulky cameras and glass plate negatives across the forbidding polar landscape to record some of the earliest images of this dramatic environment. That the photographs survived to be presented on their return to King George V is miraculous, and they have remained ever since in the Royal Collection. The Heart of the Great Alone reproduces the best of these marvelous images, some of which have never appeared in book form beforeships encased in ice floes, ice cliffs and ravines, campsites and dog sleds, and the incomparable beauty of Antarctic flora and fauna. Together they form an invaluable record of an environment that global warming has forever changed. With a superb narrative drawing on Ponting's and Hurley's writings and other unique archival material from the Royal Collection, and with extended captions for each image, this book is a unique addition to the literature of polar exploration.
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About the Author
David Hempleman-Adams was the first man to reach all four geographic and magnetic poles. He has climbed the highest mountains in all seven continents. I n 1996 he completed a solo expedition to the South Pole and sailed to the South Magnetic Pole.
Sophie Gordon is curator of the Royal Photograph Collection. She was formerly associate curator of the Alkazi Collection of Photography, and has published widely on nineteenth-century photography.
Emma Stuart is assistant bibliographer in the Royal Library, Windsor Castle.
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