by Gavin Francis · Vintage · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780099565963
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«Empire Antarctica: Ice, Silence & Emperor Penguins» is the memoir and travel book by Gavin Francis, published by Vintage in paperback.
The author recounts the fourteen months he spent as a doctor at the remote British Halley base, in Antarctica. Between the continuous light of summer and the winter darkness, he lives among emperor penguins and describes the harshness and beauty of that extreme territory, and the bond formed with the colony.
The book won the Scottish Book of the Year Award 2013, was shortlisted for the RSL Ondaatje Prize, and is in English (272 pages).
For readers interested in Antarctica, travel literature, nature, and life in extreme conditions.
Francis J. Gavin is an American historian currently serving as the Giovanni Agnelli Distinguished Professor and inaugural Director of the Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs at Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, D.C. He is also the chairman of the Board of Editors for the Texas National Security Review.
