Overview
In the summer of 1958, physicist Colin Bull, along with a biologist and two undergraduate geology students from Victoria University of Wellington, launched an exploration of the Dry Valleys of Victoria Land, Antarctica—the first of what has become an annual expedition spanning the past fifty years. With Innocents in Dry Valleys Bull recounts the story of that first, shoestring expedition, bringing a dry wit—and a clear appreciation of youthful bravado—to accounts of adverse conditions, recurrent dangers, funding snafus, and bureaucratic meddling. Innocents in Dry Valleys is a winning account of a landmark expedition, sure to interest scientists and armchair explorers alike.
Full Product Details
Author: Colin Bull
Publisher: University of Alaska Press
Imprint: University of Alaska Press
Edition: Co-published with Victoria University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 1.50cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.510kg
ISBN: 9781602230712
ISBN 10: 1602230714
Pages: 267
Publication Date: 15 February 2010
Audience:
General/trade
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
"""Bull's author description leads off saying he is a ""geophysicist, glaciologist and cook"" - and that ""cook"" is no idle mention in a book where eating features frequently, right from the opening of the first chapter: ""Oh damn the calorie count! What we're going to need is food."" Where so many academics bleed the human out of their writing, Bull has gone to great lengths to ensure the opposite. He can overdo his exclamation marks and quips, but Innocents in the Dry Valley is never a dry read as it combines the scientific aspects of the expedition with a real sense of adventure, Kiwi can-do, camaraderie and comic irreverence.""-- ""The Listener (New Zealand)"" (12/18/2009 12:00:00 AM)"
Bull's author description leads off saying he is a geophysicist, glaciologist and cook - and that cook is no idle mention in a book where eating features frequently, right from the opening of the first chapter: Oh damn the calorie count! What we're going to need is food. Where so many academics bleed the human out of their writing, Bull has gone to great lengths to ensure the opposite. He can overdo his exclamation marks and quips, but Innocents in the Dry Valley is never a dry read as it combines the scientific aspects of the expedition with a real sense of adventure, Kiwi can-do, camaraderie and comic irreverence.-- The Listener (New Zealand) (12/18/2009 12:00:00 AM)
Bull's author description leads off saying he is a geophysicist, glaciologist and cook - and that cook is no idle mention in a book where eating features frequently, right from the opening of the first chapter: Oh damn the calorie count! What we're going to need is food. Where so many academics bleed the human out of their writing, Bull has gone to great lengths to ensure the opposite. He can overdo his exclamation marks and quips, but Innocents in the Dry Valley is never a dry read as it combines the scientific aspects of the expedition with a real sense of adventure, Kiwi can-do, camaraderie and comic irreverence. -- The Listener (New Zealand) (12/18/2009 12:00:00 AM)
Author Information
Colin Bull is a geophysicist who served as a senior lecturer in physics at Victoria University and later was the director of the Institute of Polar Studies at Ohio State University.
