Erebus The Ice Dragon
A portrait of an Antarctic volcano
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Product details:
- Publisher Massey University Press
- Date of Publication 10 August 2023
- ISBN 9781991016362
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages368 pages
- Size 255x215x27 mm
- Weight 1710 g
- Language English 511
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Short description:
A volcano like no other
MoreLong description:
Haunting and searingly beautiful, Erebus has attracted explorers, mountaineers, artists and scientists; each drawn to the mountain by their own particular vision or curiosity. The mountain is a truly unique geological phenomenon ? an active volcano sheathed in ice, with hundreds of ice caves, huge steaming towers around its summit, and a lava lake. Also, in the minds of many New Zealanders, it is a place of destruction and despair, wrought by a single momentous accident.
Antarctica veteran Monteath weaves history, science, art and adventure into a compelling tale, supported by superb images selected from his lifetime of working and voyaging in the area.
Extraordinary characters are accompanied by superb images of the explorations from the earliest sketches to the present . . . [This book] provides a unique understanding of the history and allure of the volcano
MoreTable of Contents:
Foreword / Peter Barrett 8
Erebus Son of Chaos 11
1. Antarctica: Carved by ice, forged in fire 17
2. ?Mountains of Madness?: A continent ringed by fiery islands 29
3. ?This Splendid Burning Mountain?: The discovery of Mount Erebus, 1841 46
4. ?Keeper of the Southern Gateway?: The first ascent of Mount Erebus, 1908 68
5. ?Give me Erebus for my friend?: The second ascent, 1912 91
6. HMS Pemmican sails on Erebus: The third ascent, 1959, and beyond 107
7. The heartbeat of Erebus: Probing the defences of the volcano, 1970s 129
8. ?No Latitude for Error?: Reflections on the 1979
Ross Island air crash 161
9. The darkness beckons: Roger Mear?s solo winter ascent
of Erebus, 1985 185
10. Scrambles in the heart of the Antarctic: An ascent of Erebus from Cape Royds, 1991 204
11. Tread lightly in a land of extremophiles: The unique microbial world of Erebus 219
12. The magma and the mantle: Solving the Erebus enigma,
1980?2016 . . . and beyond 239
13. Shaping a volcano: Erebus and the artistic imagination / Adele Jackson 263
Erebus chronology 286
Air New Zealand Flight TE901 302
Glossary 308
Notes 313
Further reading 317
About the author 334
Acknowledgements 335
Index 339
