{"product_id":"toward-antarctica-9781597098861","title":"Toward Antarctica","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e*Selected as a Top 10 Must-Read Book About Antarctica by the International Association of Antarctic Tour Operators\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePoet-naturalist Elizabeth Bradfield's fourth collection, \u003cem\u003eToward Antarctica\u003c\/em\u003e, documents and queries her work as a guide on ships in Antarctica, offering an incisive insider's vision that challenges traditional tropes of The Last Continent. Inspired by haibun, a stylistic form of Japanese poetry invented by 17th-century poet, Matsuo Bashō to chronicle his journeys in remote Japan, Bradfield uses photographs, compressed prose, and short poems to examine our relationship to remoteness, discovery, expertise, awe, labor, temporary societies, \"pure\" landscapes, and tourism's service economy. Antarctica was the focus of Bradfield's \u003cem\u003eApproaching Ice\u003c\/em\u003e, written before she had set foot on the continent; now \u003cem\u003eToward Antarctica\u003c\/em\u003e furthers her investigation with boots on the ground. A complicated love letter, \u003cem\u003eToward Antarctica\u003c\/em\u003e offers a unique view of one of the world's most iconic wild places.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Boreal Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/09\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781597098861\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 7.50w x 0.30d","brand":"Elizabeth Bradfield","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36661258322076,"sku":"9781597098861","price":16.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_b2699d74-ef3b-42cd-a73b-0443ef7e4de6.jpg?v=1607647003","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/toward-antarctica-9781597098861","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}