Antarctica [electronic resource] : an intimate portrait of the world's most mysterious continent / Gabrielle Walker.
Walker, Gabrielle.
2013
G860 .W35 2013eb
Available Online

Linked e-resources

Linked Resource Online Access

Details

Title Antarctica [electronic resource] : an intimate portrait of the world's most mysterious continent / Gabrielle Walker.
Author Walker, Gabrielle.
Edition 1st U.S. ed.
ISBN 9780547536972 (electronic book)
0151015201
9780151015207
Publication Details Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Pub., c2013.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xxiv, 388 p.)
Call Number G860 .W35 2013eb
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.
Access Note Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description Description based on print version record.
Available in Other Form Antarctica
Linked Resources Online Access
Record Appears in Online Resources > Ebooks
All Resources
East Antarctica Coast: Alien World. Welcome to Mactown ; The March of the penguins ; Mars on Earth.
The High Plateau: Turning Point. The South Pole ; Concordia.
West Antarctica: Home Truths. A human touch ; Into the west.

Browse Subjects

Show more subjects...

Statistics

from
to
Export