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100 | 1 | ▼aWalker, Gabrielle.▲ | |
245 | 1 | 0 | ▼aAntarctica :▼ban intimate portrait of a mysterious continent /▼cGabrielle Walker.▲ |
250 | ▼a1st U.S. ed.▲ | ||
260 | ▼aBoston :▼bHoughton Mifflin Harcourt,▼c2013.▲ | ||
300 | ▼axxiv, 388 p. :▼bmaps ;▼c24 cm.▲ | ||
500 | ▼aOriginally published: London : Bloomsbury, ©2012.▲ | ||
504 | ▼aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 373-374) and index.▲ | ||
505 | 0 | ▼apt. 1. East Antarctic coast : alien world -- Welcome to Mactown -- The march of the penguins -- Mars on Earth -- pt. 2. The high plateau : turning point -- The South Pole -- Concordia -- pt. 3. West Antarctica : home truths -- A human touch -- Into the west.▲ | |
520 | ▼aThis 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.▲ | ||
651 | 0 | ▼aAntarctica▼xDescription and travel.▲ | |
999 | ▼a정재훈▼c김정이▲ |
Antarctica :an intimate portrait of a mysterious continent
Document Type
Foreign Book
Title
Antarctica : an intimate portrait of a mysterious continent / Gabrielle Walker.
Author
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Publication
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt , 2013.
Physical Description
xxiv, 388 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
General Note
Originally published: London : Bloomsbury, ©2012.
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 373-374) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
pt. 1. East Antarctic coast : alien world -- Welcome to Mactown -- The march of the penguins -- Mars on Earth -- pt. 2. The high plateau : turning point -- The South Pole -- Concordia -- pt. 3. West Antarctica : home truths -- A human touch -- Into the west.
Summary Note
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.
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ISBN
9780151015207 (hbk.) 0151015201 (hbk.)
Call Number
919.89 W179a
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