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""Front Cover""; ""Front Flap""; ""Front Matter""; ""Half Title""; ""BOOKS BY GABRIELLE WALKER""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Epigraph""; ""Contents""; ""Map of Antarctica""; ""Introduction""; ""Prologue""; ""PART 1: EAST ANTARCTIC coast � ALIEN world""; ""1. Welcome to Mactown""; ""2. The March of the Penguins""; ""3. Mars on Earth""; ""PART 2: THE HIGH PLATEAU � TURNING POINT""; ""4. The South Pole""; ""5. Concordia""; ""PART 3: WEST ANTARCTICA � HOME TRUTHS""; ""6. A Human Touch""; ""7. Into the West""; ""Back Matter""; ""Timeline""; ""Glossary""; ""Notes"" |
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""Suggestions for Further Reading""""Acknowledgements""; ""Index""; ""A NOTE ON THE AUTHOR""; ""A NOTE ON THE TYPE"" |
| Summary |
Antarctica is the most alien place on the planet, the only part of the earth where humans could never survive unaided. Out of our fascination with it have come many books, most of which focus on only one aspect of its unique strangeness. None has managed to capture the whole story-until now. Drawing on her broad travels across the continent, in Antarctica Gabrielle Walker weaves all the significant threads of life on the vast ice sheet into an intricate tapestry, illuminating what it really feels like to be there and why it draws so many different kinds of people. With her we witness cutting-edge science experiments, visit the South Pole, lodge with American, Italian, and French researchers, drive snowdozers, drill ice cores, and listen for the message Antarctica is sending us about our future in an age of global warming. This is a thrilling trip to the farthest reaches of earth by one of the best science writers working today. |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Format: Adobe EPUB eBook. |
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Format: Kindle Book. |
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Format: OverDrive Read. |
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Requires Adobe Digital Editions or Amazon Kindle. |
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Print version: 9780151015207 0151015201 |
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Antarctica -- Description and travel.
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Electronic books.
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OverDrive, Inc.
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| ISBN |
9780547536972
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| STANDARD # |
3939DD33-E434-4793-A0DA-AF037F8B228E OverDrive |
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