Although yet another in the endless line of coffee-table picture books of scenic views for the tourist market, this one has a couple of points of difference.
It includes striking images taken on some of our sub-antarctic islands and of New Zealand's Antarctic territory, and also a compact disc of 40 minutes of music-to-look-at-the-pictures-by, realised by Sheehan's son Rhian.
But the quality of the captions may be judged by the one appended to this photograph: "The town of St Bathans has a spectacular inheritance from gold rush days; mining sluices formed its blue lake.
"At 69 metres, it is the deepest mining hole in the Southern Hemisphere.
"The remarkable blue colour is due to the mineral content of the surrounding cliffs.
"In winter the lake freezes over for ice-skating and curling."
I'd give it a mark of 2/10. - Bryan James
