Awards
- Short-listed for Mountain and Adventure Heritage Award 2024
- Winner of Nankervis/Bamford NZ Mountain Book of the Year 2024
Overview
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, steaming towers 6 metres high 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.
Full Product Details
Author: Colin Monteath
Publisher: Massey University Press
Imprint: Massey University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 21.50cm
, Height: 2.80cm
, Length: 25.50cm
Weight: 1.710kg
ISBN: 9781991016362
ISBN 10: 1991016360
Pages: 368
Publication Date: 10 August 2023
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
'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' - John Daly-Peoples, New Zealand Arts Review; 'Erebus the Ice Dragon: a portrait of an Antarctic volcano, traverses history, adventure, science, geography and art, and is a fine addition to the library of Antarctic literature.' - Alison Ballance, Kete Books; 'This superbly illustrated book has it all -- readable, authoritative text by someone who knows this inhospitable land like the back of his hand, picture editing and research which must have taken years and a high-quality production' - Jenny Nicholls, Waiheke Weekender,‘Absorbing and handsomely produced’ — New Zealand Listener,‘An essential addition to polar libraries, large and small’ — David Barnes, Otago Daily Times,‘An expression of Monteath’s dedication’ — Peter Laurenson, Backcountry,Erebus The Ice Dragon is one of the Listener’s best coffee table books of 2023.
‘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’ — John Daly-Peoples, New Zealand Arts Review; 'Erebus the Ice Dragon: a portrait of an Antarctic volcano, traverses history, adventure, science, geography and art, and is a fine addition to the library of Antarctic literature.' — Alison Ballance, Kete Books; ‘This superbly illustrated book has it all —– readable, authoritative text by someone who knows this inhospitable land like the back of his hand, picture editing and research which must have taken years and a high-quality production’ — Jenny Nicholls, Waiheke Weekender
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 -- John Daly-Peoples This superbly illustrated book by writer, polar explorer and photographer Colin Monteath has it all — readable, authoritative text by someone who knows this inhospitable land like the back of his hand, picture editing and research which must have taken years and a high quality production -- Jenny Nicholls A stunning new book from mountain and polar photographer Colin Monteath . . . Erebus the Ice Dragon: a portrait of an Antarctic volcano, traverses history, adventure, science, geography and art, and is a fine addition to the library of Antarctic literature. -- Alison Ballance
Author Information
Colin Monteath is a widely published polar and mountain photographer and writer based in Christchurch. He has spent 32 seasons in Antarctica, from 1973 to 1983 working as the field operations officer for the New Zealand Antarctic Research Programme at Scott Base with science parties, rescue teams and huskies. In 1978, on his third science expedition to Mount Erebus, he made the first descent into the Inner Crater. As a result of his involvement with the recovery operation after the 1979 air crash on Ross Island, Colin was awarded the Queen’s Service Medal and later the Erebus Medal. In 1982, Colin was the guide during Prince Edward’s visit to Ross Dependency.
