Big Dead Place
Subtitle: Inside the Strange and Menacing World of Antarctica
Publisher: Feral House
Published: April 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780922915996
Subjects: True Stories; Public Policy; Discovery And Exploration (General); History; Travel - Foreign; Biography/Autobiography; History: World; Antarctica; Public Policy - General; Polar Regions; Social Science / Popular Culture; Travel / Polar Regions; Expeditions & Discoveries
First sentence: I STEPPED FROM MY ROOM in the upper hallway of Dorm 202 to go for a piss down the hall.
Description: "Welcome to Big Dead Place, a grunt's eye view of America's Antarctic Program that shatters the well-worn cliches of polar literature. Here the heroic camaraderie and romantic desolation give way to sterile buildings populated by characters like a crazed manager who fills his boots with antifreeze, Boozy the Clown, ghosts that haunt the food freezer, and horny employees who grab rare private moments coupling on the altar in the Chapel of the Snows. Also included is a glossary of Antarctic slang and bureaucratese, and 16 pages of color photographs."--BOOK JACKET.