Cold Words
A Polar Dictionary
$69.06
- Paperback
472 pages
- Release Date
1 April 2025
Summary
This ‘ice-breaking’ book collects the English words of the Antarctic and the Arctic for the first time. These words relate to weather, ice and snow, auroras, clothes, food, housing, social structures, wildlife, plants, politics, as well as many other aspects of polar life. The terms are presented with scientific precision, a helpful interpretative commentary and moments of whimsy.
Apart from Antarctica and the Arctic, the regions covered here stretch to places as remote as the Faroe I…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781486319459 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1486319459 |
| Author: | Bernadette Hince |
| Publisher: | CSIRO Publishing |
| Imprint: | CSIRO Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 472 |
| Release Date: | 1 April 2025 |
| Weight: | 1.08kg |
| Dimensions: | 26mm x 170mm x 245mm |
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Critics Review
“Hince is a prized translator of our planet’s fragile extremes, filtering the white noise into one orange book.” – David Astle * Sydney Morning Herald *
“The terms are presented with scientific precision, a helpful interpretative commentary and moments of whimsy.” * Good Reading *
Bernadette Hince
Bernadette Hince is a dictionary-maker and natural historian with a passionate interest in language and the world’s cold places. She has written about polar food, words and environmental history. She is the author of The Antarctic Dictionary (CSIRO Publishing, 2000).
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