Empire Antarctica

Resumen del libro

WINNER OF THE SCOTTISH BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD Shortlisted for the Costa Biography Prize, RSL Ondaatje Prize, Banff Adventure Travel Prize and Saltire Book of the Year AwardBook of the Year for the Financial Times, Sunday Herald, ScotsmanA travel book pick for the Sunday Times and the National GeographicGavin Francis spent fourteen months in one of the remotest places in the world: Halley, a research station in Antarctica. Storm-locked and frozen, it is said to be easier to evacuate a casualty from the International Space Station than it is to bring someone out of Halley in winter. In the icy emptiness of Antarctica, where one misstep outdoors can mean death but the confined corridors of Halley can drive you mad, Gavin challenges himself to thrive at the ends of the earth.

In the penguin colonies, a species utterly adapted to the harsh environment, he finds community, inspiration and joy.

Biografía del autor

Gavin Francis (Fife, Escocia, 1975) se licenció en Medicina en la Universidad de Edimburgo en el año 1999 y después dedicó diez años a viajar por todo el mundo. Miembro del Royal College of General Practitioners y del Royal College of Emergency Medicine, es autor de tres libros: True North: Travels in Arctic Europe (2008, 2010); Empire Antarctica: Ice, Silence ; y Adventures in Human Being (2015), ganador del Saltire Non-Fiction Book of the Year de 2015, libro del año del Observer;s Science y ganador en los BMA Book Awards. Vive y ejerce la medicina en Edimburgo.