A journey in Antarctica : exploring the future of the white continent / Sergio Rossi.
Rossi, Sergio.
2022
G860
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Title
A journey in Antarctica : exploring the future of the white continent / Sergio Rossi.
Author
Rossi, Sergio.
ISBN
9783030894924 (electronic bk.)
3030894924 (electronic bk.)
3030894916
9783030894917
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-89492-4
Publication Details
Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2022.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xv, 198 pages) : color illustrations
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-030-89492-4 doi
Call Number
G860
Dewey Decimal Classification
919.8904
Summary
Having 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.
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Includes bibliographical references.
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text file PDF
Source of Description
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed February 22, 2022).
Series
Springer-Praxis books in popular science.
Available in Other Form
Print version: 9783030894917
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