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New Geography books

New books for Geography in the University of Otago Library.

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Antarctic destinies : Scott, Shackleton, and the changing face of heroism by Stephanie Barczewski.

Hocken Library: G874 .B724

"Focusing on the Antarctic explorers Robert Falcon Scott and Ernest Shackleton, this book looks at some of their most heroic expeditions, examining how and why their individual reputations have evolved over the course of the last century.1This new book looks at the two most famous expeditions of the heroic..." BOOK JACKET.

Civilisation : twenty places on the edge of the world by Steve Braunias.

Hocken Library: G2796.E63 B738 2012

"Stories of people living in Apia, Collingwood, Greymouth, Hauraki Plains, Hicks Bay, Maromaku Valley, Mercer, Miranda, Mosgiel, Mt Roskill, Ohinemutu, Pegasus, St Bathans, Scott Base, Tangimoana, Wainuiomata, Waiouru, Wanaka, Whakarewarewa, Whanganui, Winton--Publisher information..." BOOK JACKET.

Great explorers edited by Robin Hanbury-Tenison.

Hocken Library: G200 .GS48

"Presents biographies of forty explorers that reveal their lives, motives, and passions while discovering different parts of the world..." BOOK JACKET.

History of Antarctica by Stephen Martin.

Hocken Library: G870 .MC27 2013