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Cold Words
A Polar Dictionary
Brief Description
This ice-breaking book collects the English words of the Antarctic and the Arctic for the first time. These words relate to weather, ice and snow, auroras, clothes, food, housing, social structures, wildlife, plants, politics, as well as many other aspects of polar life. The terms are...
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From aaqsiiq to zucchini, discover words and phrases from the world's polar regions.
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Description
This ice-breaking book collects the English words of the Antarctic and the Arctic for the first time. These words relate to weather, ice and snow, auroras, clothes, food, housing, social structures, wildlife, plants, politics, as well as many other aspects of polar life. The terms are presented with scientific precision, a helpful interpretative commentary and moments of whimsy.
Apart from Antarctica and the Arctic, the regions covered here stretch to places as remote as the Faroe Islands, Iceland, Tristan da Cunha and the Falkland Islands.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781486319459
Publisher: CSIRO Publishing
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 01 April 2025
Country: Australia
Imprint: CSIRO Publishing
Audience: Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 26.0mm
Width: 170.0mm
Height: 245.0mm
Weight: 1080g
Pages: 472
About the Author
Bernadette Hince is a dictionary-maker and natural historian with a passionate interest in language and the world’s cold places. She has written about polar food, words and environmental history. She is the author of The Antarctic Dictionary (CSIRO Publishing, 2000).
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