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001444330 1001_ $$aRossi, Sergio.
001444330 24512 $$aA journey in Antarctica :$$bexploring the future of the white continent /$$cSergio Rossi.
001444330 260__ $$aCham, Switzerland :$$bSpringer,$$c2022.
001444330 300__ $$a1 online resource (xv, 198 pages) :$$bcolor illustrations
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001444330 337__ $$acomputer$$bc$$2rdamedia
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001444330 4901_ $$aSpringer Praxis books, Popular science
001444330 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references.
001444330 5050_ $$aThe continent at the end of the world -- A brief history of an arduous discovery -- Paleoclimate : looking for the importance of Antarctica -- Survival lessons : Mars on Earth -- Perpetually moving glaciers : where icebergs emerge -- The Antarctic ice floe -- Microbes -- Ice, algae, krill -- Life in the dark : a diversity explosion under the ice -- Birds at the end of the world -- Large mammals of the white continent -- Climate change : not so isolated -- What happened in Larsen? -- Organisms and climate change -- The ozone layer and Antarctica -- Pollutants in a pristine place -- The final resort -- Remote fishing grounds -- Ecotourism and invasive species -- The Antarctic Treaty -- Antarctic bases -- Living on an ocean-going icebreaker -- The last bastion of an unspoiled planet.
001444330 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users.
001444330 520__ $$aHaving always been fascinated by these singular landscapes, Sergio Rossi reconstructs some of the episodes that have marked the exploration of these territories, such as the dramatic race between Amundsen and Scott to conquer the South Pole, and Captain Shackletons odyssey to save his crew from certain death. But also modern trips including his own to these remote areas, explaining many aspects of the current science and political competition that is underway. The book leads us on an entertaining overview of all the problems and opportunities that the planets most forgotten continent offers to humans. A remote mass of ice upon which our future as a species depends and which we cannot continue to ignore any longer.
001444330 588__ $$aOnline resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed February 22, 2022).
001444330 651_0 $$aAntarctica$$xDiscovery and exploration.
001444330 651_6 $$aAntarctique$$xDécouverte et exploration.
001444330 655_0 $$aElectronic books.
001444330 77608 $$iPrint version:$$z3030894916$$z9783030894917$$w(OCoLC)1268326283
001444330 830_0 $$aSpringer-Praxis books in popular science.
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