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Ballance, Alison,

Southern Alps : nature & history of New Zealand's mountain world / Alison Ballance. - 320 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), map ; 31 cm

Illustrated endpapers.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Rock -- Naming the Alps -- Ice -- Climbing the Alps -- Tussock --Crossing the Alps -- Beech -- Shelter in the Alps -- Kea.

A celebration and an exploration of the most phenomenal landform in New Zealand. This literary and photographic journey through place and time offers new and unique insights into some of the youngest and fastest growing mountains in the world.

Montana New Zealand Book Awards 2008 Finalist.

ISBN: 1869418751 9781869418755

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Natural history--New Zealand--Southern Alps/Kā Tiritiri o te Moana
Natural history--New Zealand--Southern Alps/Kā Tiritiri o te Moana--Pictorial works

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Southern Alps/Kā Tiritiri o te Moana (N.Z.)--Pictorial works
Southern Alps/Kā Tiritiri o te Moana (N.Z.)

LC Class. No.: DU430.A4 / B35 2007

Dewey Class. No.: 919.371