L'empire du froid

Synopsis of L'empire du froid

«L'empire du froid» is a book of essays by François Garde, published by Editions Paulsen in paperback (233 pages, in French).

François Garde treats cold as an adversary one must know to survive and explores it through his travels to the planet's coldest regions. The book brings together 99 curious and poetic texts on how animals and people protect themselves from winter, at the crossroads of nature observation and travel literature.

Subtitled 'De l'importance de bien connaître son adversaire', the work was published in 2023 and falls within ecology, nature and travel literature.

Aimed at the general public interested in nature, climate and travel accounts of extreme regions.