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Lonely Planet Antarctica

Format: Paperback
Author: Jeff Rubin
ReleaseDate: 15 January, 2005
Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications
Rating:

Future trip to Antarctica
I purchase all my travel books printed by Lonely Planet. My friend and I are off on an adventure to Antarctica in February and this book offered by Lonely Planet and authored by Jeff Rubin has been very informative and helpful in many aspects.

great backgrounder
It's not necessarily the best for planning a trip -- you'll get more up-to-date cruise ship info. If you're one of the few actually going to Antarctica, this book will give you an excellent background on the White Continent. online. But Lonely Planet will tell you all about the different possible landing spots, which can help you choose which tour to take. There's also good details about the most common embarkation points for Antarctica cruises. This book was handy when my husband & I planned our trip to the peninsula, which we chronicle in our DVD "T&T's Real Travels in Antarctica" (also available on amazon. com).

A truly great achievement up to LP standards, and even more
It provides excellent and up-to-date information which any type of traveler will find invaluable. This book from Lonely Planet is, as always, the ultimate choice of guidebook for travelers. Despite the fact that Antarctica is probably the least visited of the many regions of the world covered by LP, the authors have managed to put together an outstanding agglomeration of data and advice, well edited and excellently written. But. . . furthermore, on top of being an excellent travel book, this LP guide is also (like many other LP guides, but even more outstandingly) a great book about Antarctica's reality: the place itself, the peculiar or unique characters of this wonderful land, etc. Truly wonderful material is provided in this book, ensuring excellent reading for the armchair traveler, or the Antarctica beginner alike. Its many chapters and additional text boxes about a variety of topics, contain and provide extremely rich information on matters from history to politics, from geography to biology. All in all, a masterpiece.

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