Having always been fascinated by these singular landscapes, Sergio
Rossi reconstructs some of the episodes that have marked the
exploration of these territories, such as the dramatic race between
Amundsen and Scott to conquer the South Pole, and Captain Shackleton's
odyssey to save his crew from certain death. But also modern trips
including his own to these remote areas, explaining many aspects of the
current science and political competition that is underway.
The book leads us on an entertaining overview of all the problems and
opportunities that the planet's most forgotten continent offers to
humans. A remote mass of ice upon which our future as a species depends
and which we cannot continue to ignore any longer.