Empire Antarctica: ice, silence & emperor penguins

* Winner Of The Scottish Book Of The Year Award 2013 * *shortlisted For The 2013 Costa Biography Prize* * Shortlisted For The 2013 Rsl Ondaatje Prize * * Shortlisted For Banff Adventure Travel Prize * * Shortlisted For Saltire Book Of The Year Award * Gavin Francis Fulfilled A Lifetime's Ambition When He Spent Fourteen Months As The Base-camp Doctor At Halley, A Profoundly Isolated British Research Station On The Caird Coast Of Antarctica. So Remote, It Is Said To Be Easier To Evacuate A Casualty From The International Space Station Than It Is To Bring Someone Out Of Halley In Winter. Antarctica Offered A Year Of Unparalleled Silence And Solitude, With Few Distractions And Very Little Human History, But Also A Rare Oppurtunity To Live Among Emperor Penguins, The Only Species Truly At Home In The Antarctic. Following The Penguins Throughout The Year -- From A Summer Of Perpetual Sunshine To Months Of Winter Darkness -- Gavin Francis Explores A World Of Great Beauty Conjured From The Simplest Elements, The Hardship Of Living At 50°c Below Zero And The Unexpected Comfort That The Penguin Community Bring.