The Snow Tourist: [a Search for the World's Purest, Deepest Snowfall] - Charlie English - Książki - Counterpoint - 9781582435206 - 10 listopada 2009
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The Snow Tourist: [a Search for the World's Purest, Deepest Snowfall] Original edition

Charlie English

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The Snow Tourist: [a Search for the World's Purest, Deepest Snowfall] Original edition

Combining on-the-slopes experience with off-trail research, author Charlie English follows in the footsteps of the Romantic poets across the Alps, learns how to build igloos with the Inuit on Baffin Island, examines snow-patches in the Cairngorms to detect signs of global warming, and tests his mettle on some of the most perilous peaks on Earth. Along the way, he meets up with a flurry of fellow enthusiasts, from avalanche survivors and resort operators to climate scientists and champion skiers.

English is obsessed with snow, and has collected for our enjoyment an amazing array of not-so-random facts about the hexagonal substance that fills the human imagination with wonder. In this “snow handbook,? he describes how snow is created, how to build an igloo, how avalanches occur, and (more importantly) how to survive an avalanche. His glossary is filled with snow terms that will delight, such as “coulior,? “hoarfrost,? “firn,? and “sastrugi.?

Fresh and fun and infused with the adrenaline of adventure, The Snow Tourist is a fascinating account of one man's pilgrimage through the world?s blanketed fields, ice-capped rooftops, cozy igloos, and snow-covered mountain peaks.


280 pages, Illustrations

Media Książki     Paperback Book   (Książka z miękką okładką i klejonym grzbietem)
Wydane 10 listopada 2009
ISBN13 9781582435206
Wydawcy Counterpoint
Strony 280
Wymiary 140 × 210 × 18 mm   ·   326 g
Język English  
Ilustrator Hilliam, Barbara

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