Polar photographer Max Quinn's Life of Extremes

Max Quinn filming in the Erebus Glacier Tongue Ice Caves. Photo Don Anderson

Max Quinn and soundman Don Anderson passing in front of the Cape Crozier Emperor Penguin colony. Photo Yvonne Martin/Antarctica NZ

Overwinter Phil Clerke at Cape Crozier in mid winter at minus 40 degrees. Photo Max Quinn. Note: taken at the same time the book's cover photo was taken

Max Quinn and camera well dressed to cope with the cold. The cover was designed by Max to cope with mid winter cold. Photo Kim Westerskov.

1 month old emperor chicks cuddled into parents against the chill. Photo NHNZ/Kim Westerskov

Max filming at deserted Siberian road workers camp on Kolyma Highway (the Road of Bones). Photo Bradley White

Max dangling in the Imax Crevasse during survival training, prior to filming The Emperors of Antarctica Photo Max Quinn

18 year old Max behind a 16mm camera in 1968. Photo Chas Biggin

Emperor Penguins with 1 month old chicks at Cape Crozier. Photo NHNZ/ Kim Westerskov

Max with polar bear cubs and darted adult about to be studied by research team in Beaufort Sea. Photo Steven Amstrup