Slicing the Silence: Voyaging to Antarctica

ANTARCTICA

In the summer of 2002-03, acclaimed writer and historian Tom Griffiths voyaged the Southern Ocean to Antarctica. He was on board the first Australian ship to ‘ slice the silence’ of a year, arriving at Casey Station to deliver the new team of ‘winterers’ and take away the old. The author interveaves his own diary entries with rich and engaging essays on Antarctic history, science and culture.

First Edition

• 399 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. #241223
• 2007 Queensland Premier’s Lliterary Award.
• Westfield Literary Prize Nominations (2007)
• Antarctica — Description and travel
• Antarctica — Discovery and exploration