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Ice at the end of the world : an epic journey into Greenland's buried past and our perilous future
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Ice at the end of the world : an epic journey into Greenland's buried past and our perilous future
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Edition:
First edition.
Physical Description:
xxiii, 418 pages : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Summary:
"Greenland: remote, mysterious, ice-covered rock, population 56,000, in the middle of the North Atlantic. Why do we care so much about it? Because locked within the the vast and frozen "white desert"--the nickname early explorers gave it--that covers eighty percent of the land are some of the most profound secrets of our planet--clues about where we've been, and where we might be headed. And now, with the ice sheet melting at an unprecedented rate, we are able, for the first time, to understand the story that lies within it, and what it can tell us about our future. In The Ice at the End of the World, Jon Gertner reconstructs in vivid, thrilling detail the heroic efforts of the scientists and explorers who have visited Greenland over the past 150 years--first on skis, then on sleds, and now, with planes and satellites, utilizing every technological tool available to uncover the secrets in the ice before it's too late. Much as he did with his depiction of solid-state engineers and laser scientists in his bestselling book The Idea Factory, Gertner chronicles the amazing advances, almost unfathomable hardships, technological leaps, and scientific achievements of Arctic researchers with a rich, transporting, deeply intelligent style that melds the compelling stories of a small cast of brilliant and eccentric individuals, with a keen, analytical eye toward what this work means for the rest of us"--
Contents:
Introduction: the view from above -- The scheme of a lunatic -- Hauling -- Simple and easy -- North by Northeast -- A pure primitive realm -- Thule -- Dynamite -- Digging -- Machine age -- The Americans -- Drilling -- Jesus ice -- Deeper -- Sensing -- A key -- Meltwater season -- Epilogue: the ice clock.
Publication Info:
New York : Random House, [2019]
Subject:
Discoveries in geography
Climatic changes -- Greenland.
Ice sheets
Ecology
Research
Greenland -- Discovery and exploration.
Greenland -- Environmental conditions.
Arctic regions -- Research
Discoveries, Maritime
Discovery and exploration
Exploration and discovery
Explorations in geography
Exploring expeditions
Geographical discoveries
Geographical discovery
Maritime discoveries
Changes, Climatic
Changes in climate
Climate change
Climate change science
Climate changes
Climate variations
Climatic change
Climatic changes -- Environmental aspects
Climatic fluctuations
Climatic variations
Global climate changes
Global climatic changes
Glacial ice covers
Ice covers, Glacial
Ice mantles
Mantles, Ice
Sheets, Ice
Balance of nature
Biology -- Ecology
Bionomics
Ecological processes
Ecological science
Ecological sciences
Environment
Environmental biology
Oecology
Science -- Research
Science research
Scientific research
Grønland
Groenlandia
Grenlandii͡a
Groilandia
Grænland
Groenland
Kalaallit Nunaat
Gruntland
Engronelant
Engroneland
Gronlandia
Grēneland
Qrenlandiya
Chhen̳-tē
Грэнландыя
Hrėnlandyi͡a
Grenland
Greunland
Гренландия
Гренланди
Grenlandi
Калааллит Нунаат
Grónsko
Ynys Las
Lasynys
Haʼaʼaahjí Hakʼaz Dineʼé Bikéyah
Grónlandska
Gröönimaa
Γροιλανδία
Gronlando
Grenlando
Grienlân
Ghraonlainn
Greenlynn
Çheer y Sniaghtey
Grenlandia
Гринлэндин Арл
Grinlėndin Arl
그 oO
Gŭrinlandŭ
Akukittut
גרינלנד
Grinland
Goronulande
Grenlande
Grenlandija
Groenlandi
Гренланд
Groentlālpan
Gruunlaand
グリーンランド
Gurīnrando
Greenlun
Griinland
Verdi-lande
Гренландий
Grenlandiĭ
Gröönland
Gronelândia
Groelândia
Groenlanda
Kalalit Nunat
Grunlandya
Gräinlound
Groenlannia
Grynlandyjo
Grönlanti
Lupanlunti
Ґренландія
Groenlaand
גרינלאנד
Grínlándì
Grenlandėjė
格陵兰
Gelinglan
Kalâtdlit-Nunât
Arctic research
SAILS ISBN:
9780812996623