The New Zealand Listener has named its best books of 2023, and Colin Monteath’s illustrated history Erebus The Ice Dragon: A portrait of an Antarctic volcano has been named in the Science, Philosophy & Nature category. They said of the book:
‘[An] absorbing and handsomely produced portrait of the Antarctic peak by a writer, photographer and mountaineer who has worked on the continent for 32 seasons and helped co-ordinate the recovery operation after the 1979 Air New Zealand crash.’
The full list can be found in their 25 November 2023 issue.
