Most people think of Antarctica as a white smudge at the bottom of a world map, yet it--as a landmass almost the size of Africa with weather and ocean currents that dominate the planet. In Blue Ice, award-winning travel writing Don Pinnock journeys to the seventh continent -- the last to be discovered. He explores what drew Cook, Bellingshausen, Shackleton, Scott and other adventurers and naturalists to this vast terrain. With sensitive descriptions and startling photography, he travels into the heart of Antarctica's wilderness and explores the intimate relationship between Cape Town and the frozen south.
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"What a beautiful book. The photographs will leave you breathless and the choice of the intriguing stories of travelers in Antarctica is flawless. Pinnock takes you on a journey across tempestuous seas, ice deserts, blizzards, blinding light and rivers of ice. I was mesmerised by the people and the place. The animals are also given story and picture time. There is a glossary of terms for the uninitiated. You will also find an Antarctic Chronology at the end of the book which I found useful as I have no real knowledge of Antarctica. I recommend this book... Amanda Patterson"
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DON PINNOCK is an associate editor and a natural history columnist for South Africa's Getaway magazine. His life has been somewhat colorful and over the years he has been an electronic engineer, a lecturer in journalism and criminology, a professional yachtsman, explorer, travel writer, photographer and a cable-car operator on the Rock of Gibraltar. He is married to the novelist and poet Patricia Schonstein and they have two children, one an architect, the other studying genetics at the University of Cape Town.
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Don Pinnock is an associate of Southern Write and a former editor of Getaway magazine in Cape Town, South Africa. He has travelled extensively throughout the world for the past 13 years, writing and photographing.
Don has a PhD in political science, an MA in criminology, a BA in African history and has published a post-doctoral study on gangs, rituals and rites of passage. He has held lectureships in Journalism (Rhodes) and Criminology (Uiversity of Cape Town) and completed his PhD research at SOAS, London University. He was Writer in Residence at South Africa's Antarctic Sanai 4 base in 2005/6.
He is also a founder of Usiko, a rehabilitation organisation for high-risk youths, and Umzi Wethu, a residential programme for Aids orphans.He was one of the co-drafters of the Child Justice Act. He is a specialist in adolescent deviance.
His books include The Brotherhoods: Street Gangs and State Control, Gangs, Rituals and Rites of Passage, Natural Selections, African Journeys, Loveletters to Africa, Writing Left (a biography of Ruth First) and Blue Ice: Travels in Antarctica and The Woman who Lived in a Tree and Other Perfect Strangers. His first novel, Rainmaker, was written out of a need to empower young people labeled coloured. It was a finalist for the 2009 European Union Literary Award.
He is married to the novelist and poet Patricia Schonstein.
Don has a PhD in political science, an MA in criminology, a BA in African history and has published a post-doctoral study on gangs, rituals and rites of passage. He has held lectureships in Journalism (Rhodes) and Criminology (Uiversity of Cape Town) and completed his PhD research at SOAS, London University. He was Writer in Residence at South Africa's Antarctic Sanai 4 base in 2005/6.
He is also a founder of Usiko, a rehabilitation organisation for high-risk youths, and Umzi Wethu, a residential programme for Aids orphans.He was one of the co-drafters of the Child Justice Act. He is a specialist in adolescent deviance.
His books include The Brotherhoods: Street Gangs and State Control, Gangs, Rituals and Rites of Passage, Natural Selections, African Journeys, Loveletters to Africa, Writing Left (a biography of Ruth First) and Blue Ice: Travels in Antarctica and The Woman who Lived in a Tree and Other Perfect Strangers. His first novel, Rainmaker, was written out of a need to empower young people labeled coloured. It was a finalist for the 2009 European Union Literary Award.
He is married to the novelist and poet Patricia Schonstein.
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Blue Ice: Travels in Antarctica By Don Pinnock This is a fascinating book telling about Pinnock's dream trip of a lifetime coming to be. He journeyed from South Africa aboard an old ship as the official writer and photographer for an expedition to Antarctica and details his experiences in the white, frigid continent. He also tells in detail about the many expeditions and explorers who have failed or succeeded in past centuries in their exploits at the bottom of the earth. Pinnock writes in beautiful, descriptive language and his enthusiasm and passion for this unconquerable place make the reader both eager and fearful to make the same journey. A fascinating read!
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South Africa, Cape Town, South Georgia, Queen Maud Land, South Pole, Von Bellingshausen, Weddell Sea, Ross Ice Shelf, Southern Ocean, Antarctic Peninsula, New Zealand, Cape Horn, Terra Nova, The Worst Journey, Apsley Cherry-Garrard, Ross Sea, South America, Stephen Pyne, Scott Base, The Jutulstraumen, Table Mountain, Table Bay, First World War, Antarctic Convergence, Elephant Island Browse Sample Pages:
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