Kamchatka : land of fire and ice
著者
書誌事項
Kamchatka : land of fire and ice
L. King, 1992
大学図書館所蔵 全6件
  青森
  岩手
  宮城
  秋田
  山形
  福島
  茨城
  栃木
  群馬
  埼玉
  千葉
  東京
  神奈川
  新潟
  富山
  石川
  福井
  山梨
  長野
  岐阜
  静岡
  愛知
  三重
  滋賀
  京都
  大阪
  兵庫
  奈良
  和歌山
  鳥取
  島根
  岡山
  広島
  山口
  徳島
  香川
  愛媛
  高知
  福岡
  佐賀
  長崎
  熊本
  大分
  宮崎
  鹿児島
  沖縄
  韓国
  中国
  タイ
  イギリス
  ドイツ
  スイス
  フランス
  ベルギー
  オランダ
  スウェーデン
  ノルウェー
  アメリカ
注記
"Translated by James Paver"--T.p. verso
Includes index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
The Kamchatka Peninsula, resting at the outermost eastern border of the old Soviet territories, north of Japan and west of Alaska, is one of the most remote places on earth. It forms part of the volcanic rift that runs southward through Japan and around the Pacific rim, and consequently is the site of almost constant volcanic activity. There are more than 30 "live" volcanoes on Kamchatka. Seismic activity has produced a rapidly changing landscape, surprisingly rich in flora and fauna. From the deserts of black ash left by recent eruptions springs a wealth of plants and flowers, many unique to the peninsula. The rocky coastline is home to an immense number of seabirds and many types of seals, while inland, bears compete with smaller mammals for the harvest of berries gleaned from bushes growing on the banks of lakes of boiling mud. The vast volcanic peaks loom over the landscape, erratically erupting with dazzling displays of fire, clouds of ash and streams of red-hot lava. Vadim Gippenreiter's award-winning photographs have appeared all over the world.
A veteran traveller and mountaneer, he has produced a wide variety of pictures of the countryside, the wildlife and the volcanoes in every stage of their intermittent eruptions. His text tells of his experiences in Kamchatka and provides an account of life on the slopes of the volcano in the course of its eruption. Robert Perkins was the first Westerner to be allowed to travel in Kamchatka in 40 years. His introduction is a history and travelogue of a country which is only now becoming more widely known.
目次
- The geological history of Kamchatka
- the giants of Kamchatka
- the Klyuchevsky eruption
- the Tolbachik eruption
- Mounts Gorely and Mutnovsky
- the Kronotsky nature reserve
- the Valley of Geysers
- the Uzon Caldera
- the Commander Islands.
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