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Alex Gough provides an entertaining and poetic account of his time at Halley, one of the world's most isolated scientific stations. Over 200 high quality colour photographs complement the narrative.
"...the first time I walked out onto the ice felt weird, as if I expected it not to carry my weight, even though it was supporting everyone else just fine. It does look very solid but all the while, in the back of my mind, I can't help thinking that it might crack up at any moment. It won't, and I know that too, but still the small fear that it might stays lurking in my thoughts. Up on the shelf it feels very different. This is ice that's made the journey from the continent all the way out to sea. It's been solid for centuries. It seems, as you gaze out over its bleak, flat expanse, that you could walk for miles over its certain surface without any troubles. It's hard, then, to teach yourself that you've got to stick to the bits we've tested, as anywhere there could be crevasses thinly covered by a bridge of snow, hungry for your footsteps and ready to swallow you up."
"...the first time I walked out onto the ice felt weird, as if I expected it not to carry my weight, even though it was supporting everyone else just fine. It does look very solid but all the while, in the back of my mind, I can't help thinking that it might crack up at any moment. It won't, and I know that too, but still the small fear that it might stays lurking in my thoughts. Up on the shelf it feels very different. This is ice that's made the journey from the continent all the way out to sea. It's been solid for centuries. It seems, as you gaze out over its bleak, flat expanse, that you could walk for miles over its certain surface without any troubles. It's hard, then, to teach yourself that you've got to stick to the bits we've tested, as anywhere there could be crevasses thinly covered by a bridge of snow, hungry for your footsteps and ready to swallow you up."
