Description
This 'ice-breaking' book collects the English words of the Antarctic and the Arctic for the first time.
These words relate to weather, ice and snow, auroras, clothes, food, housing, social structures, wildlife, plants, politics, as well as many other aspects of polar life. The terms are presented with scientific precision, a helpful interpretative commentary and moments of irresponsible whimsy.
Apart from Antarctica and the Arctic, the regions covered here stretch to places as remote as the Faroe Islands, Iceland, Tristan da Cunha and the Falkland Islands.
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Author Biography
Bernadette Hince is a dictionary-maker and natural historian with a passionate interest in language and the world's cold places. She has written about polar food, words and environmental history. She is the author of The Antarctic Dictionary (CSIRO Publishing 2000).
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- Publisher/Imprint CABI / CAB International
- Publication Date July 2025
- Orginal LanguageEnglish
- ISBN/Identifier 9781836991519 / 1836991517
- Publication Country or regionUnited Kingdom
- FormatHardback
- Primary Price 95 GBP
- Pages472
- ReadershipGeneral/trade; College/higher education; Professional and scholarly
- Publish StatusPublished
- Dimensions244 X 172 mm
- Reference Code6902
