Description
About the Author
Max Quinn is a wildlife filmmaker with over 50 years of experience in television production. He has filmed in areas from Antarctica to Mexico; Taiwan to Tibet, for broadcasters such as Discovery Channel and National Geographic. Now 'retired', he continues to do freelance projects around the globe.
Reviews
A Life of Extremes is a personal memoir of Max's travel and polar filmmaking encounters with wildlife in these remote locations. Whether it be travelling eighty kilometres over ice to a lonely colony of emperor penguins (Aptenodytes forsterior) or being surrounded by minke whales (Balaenoptera bonaerensis) frolicking in pools of open water, Max has a story to tell about it. * Australian Wildlife Magazine *
This is quite an amazing book, showing the hardship, danger and excitement of filming in extreme weather conditions. As well as the scientific aspects of the films, the author has a real interest in and knowledge of the polar wildlife, and many different species feature throughout the book. It is well illustrated in colour photographs, with the pictures alone almost being able to tell the story. I can heartily recommend this book. -- Alan Stewart * Wildlife Detective *
Quinn is an effective storyteller and succeeds in highlighting a range of experiences that moves the book well past what could easily have been 'we came, we saw, we got cold.' -- David Barnes * Otago Daily Times *
A great book that inspires and shows the endurance and energy one person must have to do the thing they love most even when the risks are high... the rewards were priceless. * Diaries of a Cheshire Wildlife Watcher *
An inherently fascinating and impressively informative read about an unusual life lived out under unusual circumstances, A Life of Extremes: The Life and Times of a Polar Filmmaker is especially and unreservedly recommended for community, college, and university library American Biography and American Cinematography collections. * Midwest Book Review *
His up- close experience of the Arctic and Antarctica also meant Max was early to the climate change story, addressing it years before An Inconvenient Truth woke the world up, sort of. * 1964 Magazine *
Book Information
ISBN 9781775594321
Author Max Quinn
Format Hardback
Page Count 272
Imprint Exisle Publishing
Publisher Exisle Publishing
Weight(grams) 980g
Dimensions(mm) 270mm * 190mm * 20mm