Antarctica : an intimate portrait of a mysterious continent

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Antarctica : an intimate portrait of a mysterious continent

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an intimate portrait of a mysterious continent

Statement of responsibility

Gabrielle Walker

Creator

• Walker, Gabrielle

Subject

• Antarctica -- Description and travel

Language

eng

Summary

This profile of Antarctica and its indigenous life traces the history of regional exploration and the science currently being conducted there while explaining how Antarctica reveals key insights into the planet's environmental future. Antarctica is the most alien place on the planet, the only part of the Earth where humans could never survive unaided. Drawing on her broad travels across the continent, in Antarctica the author 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

Cataloging source

DLC

Illustrations

maps

Index

index present

LC call number

G860

LC item number

.W35 2013

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography