Outlandish: Walking Europe's Unlikely Landscapes by Nick Hunt, Nick Hunt

Outlandish: Walking Europe's Unlikely Landscapes
Nick Hunt, Nick Hunt
Page: 288
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ISBN: 9781529387414
Publisher: Mobius
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Overview

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.

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