OF DOGS AND MEN, FIFTY YEARS IN THE ANT-ARCTIC: THE ILLUSTRATED STORY OF THE DOGS OF THE BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY 1944-1994

摘要

This great and very informative book about the era of dog sledging in Antarctica was not written by journalists or by historians, but by two (or, in fact, even more) of those men, who were an essential part of it: by experienced dog drivers. One of them, Kevin Walton, did his field work at the very beginning of the described era (1945-1948), while the other, Rick Atkinson, first went to Antarctica in the mid 1970s. He still returns every year for several months running the well known post office, museum and 'shopping-mall' at Port Lockroy for the British Antarctic Heritage Trust. The book benefits very much from their first hand experience, giving the reader an 'inside glimpse' of Antarctic exploration.