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Article: Improbable Eden: The Dry Valleys of Antarctica.(Book Review)

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IMPROBABLE EDEN: THE DRY VALLEYS OF ANTARCTICA. Essay by BILL GREEN; Photography by CRAIG POTTON. Nelson, New Zealand, Craig Potton Publishing, 2003. ISBN 1-877333-07-7. 128 p., color illus. Hardbound. NZ$59.95.

This colorful book on the Dry Valleys--"a wilderness of stone surrounded by a wilderness of ice" (p. 10)--gives a striking view of one of the more beautiful parts of our planet. The area was first seen during Scott's expedition of 1901-04, and since the beginning of the International Geophysical Year (1957-58), numerous visitors have been to this remarkable place on the west side of McMurdo Sound. Why are the Dry Valleys considered to be so important? The ...

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