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Hostile Beauty

Life on Macquarie Island
By Danielle Wood and Alistair Dermer
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Hostile Beauty by Danielle Wood and Alistair Dermer offers a striking exploration of the rugged and wild landscapes of Tasmania. The book combines photography and prose to delve into the region's natural splendour, ecological significance, and the enduring relationship between humans and the environment. With vivid imagery and insightful commentary, it challenges readers to appreciate and protect the untamed beauty of these unique terrains.
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This book may appeal to you if you enjoy exploring the stunning yet harsh landscapes of Tasmania. It combines captivating photography with insightful essays, offering a profound look at nature's raw beauty and the intricate environmental and social challenges it presents. If you're fascinated by the interplay between natural splendour and human impact, this could be a compelling read.

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Hostile Beauty

Macquarie Island--a small, wind-blasted rocky outcrop between Tasmania and Antarctica--is still one such place. In exquisite pictures and words, A Hostile Beauty tells the story of this extraordinary Australian outpost teeming with life.

In exquisite pictures and words, A Hostile Beauty tells the story of this extraordinary Australian outpost teeming with life.

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There are few places today that are truly wild. Macquarie Island— a small, wind-blasted rocky outcrop between Tasmania and Antarctica— is still one such place. In exquisite pictures and words, Hostile Beauty tells the story of this extraordinary Australian outpost teeming with life.

Alistair Dermer's stunning photography takes us up close and personal with the inhabitants: gentle gentoo penguins, engorged elephant-seal bulls, and scavenging skuas, and deep into a landscape that is as beautiful and life-giving as it is hostile and pitiless.

Let these superb images, from the fury of the squalling Southern Ocean to the warm, trusting eyes of a seal pup, transport you to one of the most remote and spectacular places on Earth.

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ISBN: 9780522855043

Publisher: Melbourne University Press

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 01 September 2011

Country: Australia

Imprint: Melbourne University Press

Audience: General / adult

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Weight: 1140g

Pages: 208

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Alistair Dermer Danielle Wood Non-Fiction Penguin Books Science & Nature

About the Author

Alistair Dermer (Author) Alistair Dermer spent six months on Macquarie Island over the summer of 2001-02, working as a research assistant and living in a small cabin on the east coast, each day capturing the rugged beauty of the island with his two analogue cameras. He works in natural-resource management and is devoted to our natural heritage. He has worked with the Australian Antarctic Division, Conservation Volunteers Australia, Birds Australia and most recently with Bush Heritage Australia. Danielle Wood (Author) Danielle Wood lectures in writing at the University of Tasmania and is author of the award-winning fiction books The Alphabet of Light and Dark and Rosie Little's Cautionary Tales for Girls. She visited Macquarie Island in 1998 while working as a media officer for the Parks and Wildlife Service and the island's beauty and wildness have been an ongoing inspiration for her writing.

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