Elizabeth Bradfield’s 2019 collection Toward Antarctica: An Exploration presents a perceptive and nuanced behind-the-scenes tour of Antarctic cruise tourism. Inspired by seventeenth-century poet Matsuo Bashō’s haibun form which Bashō used to chronicle his journeys through Japan, the volume mixes haiku, prose and images to break down boundaries between travel and poetry. Toward Antarctica was listed at the top of Amazon’s ‘travel guide’ category, demonstrating the wider appeal of this innovative approach to recording and communicating travel narratives.
History
Publication title
The Polar Journal
Volume
9
Pagination
462-464
ISSN
2154-896X
Department/School
School of Humanities
Publisher
Routledge
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Repository Status
Restricted
Socio-economic Objectives
Expanding knowledge in language, communication and culture