ISBN:
184511616X
,
9781845116163
,
1845116178
,
9781845116170
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xiv, 273 p)
,
ill., maps
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
International library of human geography 15
Parallel Title:
Print version High Places : Cultural Geographies of Mountains, Ice and Science
DDC:
304.2309143
Keywords:
Cultural geography
;
Mountains
;
Altitude, Influence of
;
Polar regions
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
Abstract:
High mountains, polar expanses, volcanic peaks are exciting and special environments. 13 leading international geographers explore different aspects of these environments - disorientation, exploration, native knowledge, polar research. This is the first book to do this.High places - be they mountain peaks or the vast expanses of the polar latitudes - have always captured the human imagination. Inaccessible, extreme, they are commonly invested with awe and reverence, as places of physical challenge, intense experience. Increasingly, they are also treated as unique locations for science."Hi
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
