Innocents in the Dry Valleys
An Account of the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition, 1958-59

Distributed for University of Alaska Press
267 pages
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81 color plates, 1 halftone, 4 maps, 2 graphs, and 1 line drawing
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6 x 9
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© 2009
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Table of Contents

Contents
Maps
Foreword, by Dr Eddie Robertson
Introduction, by Dr Peter Barrett
Author’s note
Dramatis Personae
Chapter 1. An idea
Chapter 2. Loife in Noo Zillun
Chapter 3. Dear Sir, I write on behalf...Foreword, by Dr Eddie Robertson
Introduction, by Dr Peter Barrett
Author’s note
Dramatis Personae
Chapter 1. An idea
Chapter 2. Loife in Noo Zillun
Chapter 4. Go. No, stop! No, go! Scott Base
Chapter 5. Landed gentry
Chapter 6. An enigmatic lake and a remarkable saga
Chapter 7. A trip to the seaside
Chapter 8. And the walk back ’home’ again
Chapter 9. Alone for a short while, maybe
Chapter 10. The End. Wait for the applause!
Chapter 11. Aftermath
Publications
Glossary
Place-Names
Conversion table
Index
Review Quotes
The Listener (New Zealand)
"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."
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