Just Tell Them I Survived!: Women in Antarctica | 
 enlarge | Author: Dr Robin Burns
Publisher: Allen & Unwin Pty LTD
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 2246261
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 264
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 8.6 x 5.6 x 0.7
ISBN: 1865083828
Dewey Decimal Number: 919.890082
EAN: 9781865083827
ASIN: 1865083828
Publication Date: June 15, 2001
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Product Description
This collection of interviews celebrates women's participation in national and private expeditions to Antarctica. Based on 130 interviews the book ranges across the first women scientists to visit Macquarie Island in 1959, to contemporary 'winterers'. Given the extent to which men have traditionally marked out the territory, physically, socially and psychologically, how do women experience an Antarctic stay, what attracts them to remote places, and how do they depict the stunning beauty of Antarctica itself. Who are they, how do they speak of their work and their experiences, and what are the effects on their lives of working in Antarctica? Robin Burns has not only talked to women from many different backgrounds in order to answer such questions, but has also been a summer expeditioner herself to gain authentic experience of her subject. The result is a comprehensive account of women in Antarctic expeditions.
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The worst unreadable tripe November 13, 2003
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is a terrible book that could had potential. Arguably women in antarctica have as much interest and stories to share as men. Unfortunatly this author, an unabashed feminist, just lists lots of boring facts and petty acheivements of women. Do we really care who the first women who swore at the south pole was? Or the first women to smoke a cigarrette at the pole? No. A terrible book, useless tripe, hateful.
Feminist Textbook History Lesson December 1, 2001
2 out of 7 found this review helpful
I didn't even finish this book. It seems like it is just a list of facts about woman who have visited Antarctica. I was hoping for more stories than facts. I was very bored. Also the writer appears to be a strong feminist.
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