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Non-fiction about Antarctica
A Dream About Antarctica. Marko Prokhasko. Old Lion Publishing House, 2022.
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Storytelling
A Dream About Antarctica covers a few stories simultaneously. First of all, it is my personal story of how I made my dream come true and went to the Ukrainian Vernadsky Research Base in the Antarctic Peninsula. I described my adventures in the Drake Passage, in the Southern Ocean, and among dozens of Antarctic islands. You can find stories about penguins, moss, and whales. At the same time, I have created storytelling on how humanity was dreaming of finding Terra Incognita Australis. And actually how people managed to do this and also to reach the South Pole. It was one of the most exciting manifestations of the human spirit.
Ukraine, United Kingdom, and Russia
The research on how Ukraine managed to get a British base previously called Faraday is included. The truth is that Ukraine made a great effort back in the USSR period to develop Antarctic infrastructure and science. Nevertheless, Russia took all property of the former USSR to use it strictly by itself.
Global Issues
Antarctica is a specific topic, so everything here is not local but global. Due to this, I have also explained such themes as climate change, the Antarctic treaty, astronomy, biology, geophysics, and many more. Byt I am sure that reader will not be confused by the variety of topics. I am a writer with experience in advertising. So I have done my best to write not as a historian or scientist. But as a person who wants to tell the story of Antarctica to my friends. Simple and exciting. I believe that I succeeded because I was there in Antarctica. I saw unforgettable nature and courageous people. Now I want to share the story of Antarctica with you.
Very Personal Experience
In this book, an attempt is made to synthesize and convey to the reader the integral world of Antarctica – a cold, ice-bound, uninhabited, still little-studied region. It extends to the continent of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean with many islands. Immerse yourself in a journey through the amazing world of ice and snow with unique views of the region, unusual adventures of people, stories of desperate pioneers, incredible scientific research, threatening global problems, the beauty of wildlife, vivid sensations while traveling on the ocean.
The book is based on the living impressions of the author, who fulfilled his big dream and went on an exciting journey to the Ukrainian station “Akademik Vernadsky” in Antarctica. The text is filled with a lot of information related to the continent. You will find a lot: from how people found the southern land 200 years ago to how they got to the continent in our time; from picturesque descriptions of the surrounding world in Antarctica to explanations of complex processes that directly affect every inhabitant of the planet.
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