Jean mcneil has written a trinity of books about antarctica. Weaving science and narrative to examine the history of our fascination with ice, mcneil paints vivid portraits of the people drawn to the unforgiving continent and highlights the importance of the research conducted. In ice diaries, jean mcneil is haunted by her time in. Access to the antarctic remains largely reserved for scientists, and it is. Winner, grand prize and adventure travel category at the banff mountain film festival book awards book competition for ice diaries. An antarctic memoir jean mcneil, ecw press can, 2016 this thoughtprovoking, timely and unusual book blends adventure travel writing and creative nonfiction in a book thats thoughtful and genuine. Ice diaries ebook by jean mcneil 9781770908765 rakuten.
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An antarctic memoir by jean mcneil forms the highalbedo reflections of a canadian journalist and fiction writer based in london. Ice diaries book okanagan regional library bibliocommons. A lot of the book is spent wrestling with things that are distant and difficult to grasp. Ice diaries an antarctic memoir by jean mcneil 360 pp. A decade ago, novelist and short story writer jean mcneil spent a year as writer in residence with the british antarctic survey, and four months on. Oriented at first glance toward the pole of climate. Ice diaries ebook by jean mcneil 9781770908765 rakuten kobo. Mcneils gripping book, a memoir of her stint as the writer during an antarctic summer, is a vivid depiction of the human community in the granite quarrycrossedwithapenalcolony of a. Booktrack edition adds an immersive musical soundtrack to your audiobook listening experience. Ice diaries booktrack edition audiobook by jean mcneil. A decade ago, novelist and short story writer jean mcneil spent a year as writerinresidence with the british antarctic survey, and four months on the worlds most enigmatic continent antarctica. Its philosophical out of necessity, because the realities of life, death, and the. Access to the antarctic remains largely reserved for scientists, and it is the only piece of.
Ice diaries is the story of mcneils years spent in ice, not only in the antarctic but her subsequent travels to greenland, iceland, and svalbard. Jean mcneil, ecw press can, 2016 this thoughtprovoking, timely and unusual book blends adventure travel writing and creative nonfiction in a book thats thoughtful and genuine. Both a witness statement and travel diary, this awardwinning book has recently. Ice diaries by jean mcneil overdrive rakuten overdrive. All members are encouraged to submit similar material for archiving here, and linking to the time trek application. May 08, 2016 ice diaries an antarctic memoir by jean mcneil 360 pp. A climate change memoir, extract from book in progress 20. When australian author hazel edwards was offered the chance to travel as an expeditioner to australias casey base, on the australian antarctic division resupply ship polar bird, in the summer of 2001,she thought physical endurance would be her greatest challenge. Ice diaries is the story of mcneils years spent in ice, not only in the antarctic but her subsequent travels to greenland, iceland, and svalbard, culminating in a strange event in cape town, south africa, where she journeyed to make what was to be her final trip to the southernmost continent. Its a book about ice and its properties, both emotional and physical a tale of ice and the polar.
Some in our group liked that and some felt that it made it harder to read the antarctic part of the book. Mcneils gripping book, a memoir of her stint as the writer during an antarctic summer, is a. Ice diaries book vaughan public libraries bibliocommons. Its a book about ice and its properties, both emotional and physical a tale of ice and the polar regions and a travelogue filtered through a personal climate change story. Switching between the victorian age of antarctic discoveryof which far less has been written about than the socalled heroic age of antarcticaand present scientific discoveries, land of wondrous cold fuses antarctic past and future in a timely, absorbing work of environmental history. A desolate polar landscape comes to life in this memorable book chronicling mcneils private view period as writerinresidence for the british antarctic survey, focusing on her four months in antar. Nominated for a canadian national magazine award for ice diaries. Mcneil makes this extremely important point in her.
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An antarctic memoir jean mcneil what do we stand to lose in a world without ice. The book finalists for this years competition have been described as irreverent, intoxicating and magical, and were picked from a longlist of finalists to compete for the phyllis and don munday award grand prize. The 20 best books about the arctic and antarctic to read. In ice diaries, canadian author jean mcneil offers a thoughtful rumination on.
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Ice diaries is the story of mcneils years spent in ice, not only in the antarctic but her subsequent travels in greenland, iceland and svalbard, culminating in a strange event in cape town, south africa, where she journeyed to make. Ice diaries an antarctic memoir in march 2016 i will publish ice diaries an antarctic memoir. In the spirit of the diaries of antarctic explorers. A desolate polar landscape comes to life in this memorable book. In the spirit of the diaries of earlier antarctic explorers, mcneil mixes travelogue, popular science, and memoir to examine the history of our fascination with ice. Ice diaries was the adventure travel category winner of the competition. The book is interspersed by stories of the narrators childhood, diary entries and the story. In the spirit of the diaries of earlier antarctic explorers, mcneil mixes travelogue, popular science, and memoir to examine the history of. Winner of the banff mountain book festival grand prize and one of the guardians best books of 2016. Oriented at first glance toward the pole of climatechange literature, its less a reflection on climate.
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