Dunedin: a Portrait

Peat, Neville

Hyndman Publishing

No markings. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Dust Jacket shows shelf wear - contains no tears or chips or other damage. Dust Jacket is in mylar. All edges are clean. Dust Jacket is Unclipped. Previous owner's inscription in ink, neat. Includes B&W photos. Very clean, crisp, and tight copy. Not Ex-Library. All books offered from DSB are stocked at our store in Fayetteville, AR. Save on shipping by ordering multiple titles. 112pp. Hardcover Very Good Condition Size: 7 1/4" x 10 1/4" English Text

Snow dogs

Whitcoulls

Wild Dunedin: Enjoying the Natural History of New Zealand's Wildlife Capital

Science & Math

Patrick, Brian

Biological Sciences

Otago Univ Pr

Manapouri saved!: New Zealand's first great conservation success story : integrating nature conservation with hydro-electric development of Lakes Manapouri and Te Anau, Fiordland National Park

Longacre Press for the Guardians of Lakes Manapouri, Monowai, and Te Anau

The incredible tale of Antarctica, malt whisky and an epic journey. Sir Ernest Shackleton's world fame is founded on the Endurance expedition of 1914 - 17, an attempt to cross the Antarctic continent that was foiled by the crushing of his ship in pack ice. The heroics that followed ensured that Shackleton and his men would forever have a place in the annals of polar history and world exploration. But Shackleton had come south seven years prior, leading the 1907 British Antarctic Expedition and targeting the South Pole from the opposite side of Antarctica. Rarely did Shackleton consume strong drink, and on his expeditions he tolerated only a 'mild spree' at times of celebration. But in 1907 25 cases - 300 bottles - of Rare Old Highland Malt Whisky whisky, three cases of which would ultimately lie forgotten beneath his hut at Cape Royds in the McMurdo Sound region for over 100 years, were loaded aboard his ship the Nimrod. The discovery of the whisky in 2007, and its subsequent reblending by the Mackinlay distillery, inspired Neville Peat to rexamine and explore Shackleton's first Antarctic expedition, the 'heroic' era of Antarctic exploration, and the craft and lore behind Scotland's finest dram.

Shackleton's Whisky: A Spirit of Discovery ... Ernest Shackleton's 1907 Antarctic Expedition and the Rare Malt Whisky he Left Behind

Biographies & Memoirs

ReadHowYouWant

Dunedin

Grantham House Publishing

This is a paperback edition of this book, which was shortlisted for the Montana NZ Book Awards in 1997. It is a major work of regional natural history introducing a New Zealand World Heritage Area, Fiordland National Park. In a world largely modified by humans, Fiordland is a breathing space for nature. It is one of the planet's great wilderness areas, where monumental landscapes combine with a mosaic of miniature worlds. Located on the southwest coast of New Zealand, much of its landscape was formed by great valleys carved out by glaciers which are now half-drowned. Milford Sound is one of New Zealand's most remote but necessary tourist destinations, while Dusky Sound provided a home to Captain Cook's Resolution and its scientists, as well as artist William Hodges, for five weeks in 1773. This book is for travellers, nature-lovers and scientists alike. Other books by the same authors in this prize-winning series are Wild Central, Wild Dunedin, and Wild Rivers.

Wild Fiordland: Discovering the Natural History of a World Heritage Area

History

Australia & Oceania

This book offers a guide to hikes, flora, and fauna of Stewart Island, one of the three main islands of New Zealand, with information on history, climate, transportation, accommodations, and historical sites.

Stewart Island: A Rakiura Ramble

Travel

Australia & South Pacific

There is a new presence on New Zealand's southern coast. 
Neville Peat, one of our finest observers of the natural world, takes us on a journey from Otago to the subantarctic and follows the life and migration of a sea lion. With the taut and accurate prose of a scientist, and the lyrical sense of an artist, Peat's compelling style lures us into gaining an immense amount of information. 
In a work that is deeply intimate and wonderfully expansive, Peat takes us well beyond the physical. He delves into the emotional origins of myth, and reveals an impassioned respect and understanding of the close relationship between humans and animals. 
While exploring changing coastal habitat - blending ancient beliefs, local history, legend and the natural sciences - Peat encounters a number of remarkable individuals along the way; sea dogs, old salts, and a mysterious drifter who follows the winds and tides. Here we gain the naturalist's sense of wonder, and the philosopher's contemplation of the mysterious presence we call nature. 
"He combines poetic and descriptive skills with a lightness of touch and still manages to convey a profound understanding of how all facets of the natural world interweave. A captivating work."

Coasting: The Sea Lion and the Lark

Longacre Press

This book celebrates Otago Museum's major new Southern Land, Southern People gallery, opened at the end of August 2002. It offers a comprehensive insight into the character of the region - its astonishing landforms, lost fauna and flora, fossil record and boisterous climate - and the way people have explored this challenging landscape and utilised its natural resources.

Southern Land, Southern People

Otago University Press

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