New Zealand Karst A voyage across limestone landscapes into the subterranean realm of caves
By Max Wisshak and Stefanie Tisshak. New Zealand Karst is a high-quality coffee-table book put together in close collaboration between Max and his wife Stefanie. The book is aimed equally at a readership interested in natural science and at friends of skilful nature photography. Accompanied by a foreword contributed by renowned karst researcher Paul W. Williams, the lavishly designed 256-page work guides you through the diverse aspects of New Zealand karst landscapes and caves.
This book takes you on a visual journey across sublime karst scenery and into the subterranean wilderness of New Zealand caves. Accompanied by popular scientific texts, stunning images lead you from the sculptured limestone pavements of the alpine marble karst to the grassland and jungle karst of the foothills, onwards into the twilight zone and deeper into the caves. It explores the diversity of peculiar features and creatures of the underground, ventures back into the light of cave ruins, and concludes with karst-related Maori rock art.
Learn about the life cycle of the endemic glowworm and the critically endangered Nelson cave spider. Explore the majesty of cave minerals forming speleothems of all types. Discover the many roles water plays in shaping karst and understand the vulnerability of these geotopes and biotopes. New Zealand Karst reveals how you can appreciate karst as a phenomenon where geological, biological, and archaeological beauty all come together in harmony.
In addition to the standard edition, this coffee-table book is also available as a limited special edition in a solid and elegant slipcase.
 "New Zealand Karst A voyage across limestone landscapes into the subterranean realm of caves")
