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Outlandish Walking Europe's Unlikely Landscapes
Outlandish Walking Europe's Unlikely Landscapes
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Description: In Outlandish acclaimed travel writer Nick Hunt takes us across landscapes that should not be there wildernesses found in Europe yet seemingly belonging to far - off continents: a patch of Arctic tundra in Scotland; the continent's largest surviving remnant of primeval forest in Poland and Belarus; Europe's only true desert in Spain; and the fathomless grassland steppes of Hungary. From snow - capped mountain range to dense green forest desert ravines to threadbare yellow open grassland these anomalies transport us to faraway regions of the world. More like pockets of Africa Asia the Poles or North America they make our own continent seem larger stranger and more filled with secrets. Against the rapid climate breakdown of deserts steppes and primeval jungles across the world this book discovers the outlandish environments so much closer to home - along with their abundant wildlife: reindeer; bison; ibex; wolves and herds of wild horses. Blending sublime travel writing nature writing and history - by way of Paleolithic cave art reindeer nomads desert wanderers shamans Slavic forest gods European bison Wild West fantasists eco - activists horseback archers Big Grey Men and other unlikely spirits of place - these desolate and rich environments show us that the strange has always been near.
Title: Outlandish Walking Europe's Unlikely Landscapes
Author(s): Hunt Nick
Publisher: John Murray Press
Barcode: 9781529387414
Pages: 288 Pages
Publication Date: 9/6/2022
Category: Travel Writing
Description: In Outlandish acclaimed travel writer Nick Hunt takes us across landscapes that should not be there wildernesses found in Europe yet seemingly belonging to far - off continents: a patch of Arctic tundra in Scotland; the continent's largest surviving remnant of primeval forest in Poland and Belarus; Europe's only true desert in Spain; and the fathomless grassland steppes of Hungary. From snow - capped mountain range to dense green forest desert ravines to threadbare yellow open grassland these anomalies transport us to faraway regions of the world. More like pockets of Africa Asia the Poles or North America they make our own continent seem larger stranger and more filled with secrets. Against the rapid climate breakdown of deserts steppes and primeval jungles across the world this book discovers the outlandish environments so much closer to home - along with their abundant wildlife: reindeer; bison; ibex; wolves and herds of wild horses. Blending sublime travel writing nature writing and history - by way of Paleolithic cave art reindeer nomads desert wanderers shamans Slavic forest gods European bison Wild West fantasists eco - activists horseback archers Big Grey Men and other unlikely spirits of place - these desolate and rich environments show us that the strange has always been near.
Title: Outlandish Walking Europe's Unlikely Landscapes
Author(s): Hunt Nick
Publisher: John Murray Press
Barcode: 9781529387414
Pages: 288 Pages
Publication Date: 9/6/2022
Category: Travel Writing