Wild Fiordland: Disovering the Natural History of a World Heritage Area - Softcover

Peat, Neville; Patrick, Brian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1877372277 ISBN 13: 9781877372278

Publisher: Otago University Press, 2005

Synopsis

This is a paperback edition of this book, which was shortlisted for the Montana NZ Book Awards in 1997. It is a major work of regional natural history introducing a New Zealand World Heritage Area, Fiordland National Park. In a world largely modified by humans, Fiordland is a breathing space for nature. It is one of the planet's great wilderness areas, where monumental landscapes combine with a mosaic of miniature worlds. Located on the southwest coast of New Zealand, much of its landscape was formed by great valleys carved out by glaciers which are now half-drowned. Milford Sound is one of New Zealand's most remote but necessary tourist destinations, while Dusky Sound provided a home to Captain Cook's Resolution and its scientists, as well as artist William Hodges, for five weeks in 1773. This book is for travellers, nature-lovers and scientists alike. Other books by the same authors in this prize-winning series are Wild Central, Wild Dunedin, and Wild Rivers.

About this title

About the Author:

Neville Peat, a Dunedin-based writer and photographer, is the author of numerous guides to southern New Zealand natural features and attractions. Brian Patrick is Collections and Research Manager at the Otago Museum, Dunedin.

Review:

In a world largely modified and dominated by humans, New Zealand's Fiordland is a breathing space for nature. Travellers, nature-lovers, and scientists hail it as one of the world's great wilderness areas, where monumental landscapes combine with a mosaic of miniature worlds and much is left to be explored. Wild Fiordland provides a comprehensive description of the region and its many features with almost 200 full color photographs and a lively text. Wild Fiordland offers a series of wonderful journeys with six chapters focused on different geographical areas from the high mountains of the north to the forests of the south, from the fiords of the west, to the lakes and rivers of the east. Three general chapters discuss location and climate, geology, and conservation issues. Fiordland is a "World Heritage" area and Wild Fiordland documents why that designation is so well and richly deserved. Wild Fiordland is highly recommended reading for all armchair adventures and anyone who enjoys the wonders of unspoiled nature. -- Midwest Book Review

About this edition

• Publisher: Otago University Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1877372277
• ISBN 13: 9781877372278
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144