National Geographic Adventure Press celebrates the remote and
high mountain landscapes of the world with a compelling collection
of work from leading authors on extreme environments.
Developed in association with Mountain Culture at The Banff
Centre, Extreme Landscape brings together the original work
of 19 renowned writers, explorers, adventurers, and scientists who
share a passion for, and a commitment to, the world’s extreme
environments. Ranging in subject from the culture, spirituality,
and psychology of extreme landscapes to their consumption and
conservation, the diverse essays in this collection present a
thoughtful and complete exploration of the enduring lure of
mountains and their wild extremes.
Featuring contributions from such authors as Barry Lopez, Wade
Davis, Grethel Ehrlich, and Reinhold Messner and first hand
accounts from the Andes and the hidden valleys of Tibet to the
wind-scoured fjords of Patagonia and the icy reaches of northern
Greenland, Extreme Landscape is a meditation on the indelible
effect of extreme environment on our lives – and of our equally
indelible impact on these landscapes.
Released in the fall of 2002 to celebrate International Year of
Mountains, this beautiful collector’s edition captures, with
unprecedented authority, the full scope of our extreme mountain
landscapes.
Release date: September 2002
ISBN 0-7922-6396-0
Paper
Retail: $16.00 U.S., $25.00 Canada
If you would like
to purchase a copy of Extreme Landscape please email us at:
mountainculture@banffcentre.ca
