Big Dead Place
Inside the Strange and Menacing World of Antarctica
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Word Count
69,000 words, Guess
Page Count
276 pages
Physical Format
Paperback
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL8355544M
- ISBN-139780922915996
- ISBN-100922915997
- OCLC Control Number61287135
- OCLC Control Numberbigdeadplaceinsi00nich
and 3 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2005296297
- Goodreads40919
- LibraryThing88396
Classifications
- LCCHM1131
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.
First Sentence
I STEPPED FROM MY ROOM in the upper hallway of Dorm 202 to go for a piss down the hall.
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