Ice at the end of the world : (Record no. 37198)
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| LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER | |
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| LC control number | 2018039395 |
| INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780812996623 |
| DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Call number | 559.82 GE IC |
| MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Authors | Gertner, Jon |
| TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Ice at the end of the world : |
| Subtitle | an epic journey into Greenland's buried past and our perilous future |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | Jon Gertner |
| PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | New York : |
| Publisher | Random House, |
| Date | c2019. |
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xxiii, 418 p. : |
| Other Details | illu., maps ; |
| Size | 24 cm. |
| CONTENTS | |
| Contents | Introduction: the view from above -- The scheme of a lunatic -- Hauling -- Simple and easy -- North by Northeast -- A pure primitive realm -- Thule -- Dynamite -- Digging -- Machine age -- The Americans -- Drilling -- Jesus ice -- Deeper -- Sensing -- A key -- Meltwater season -- Epilogue: the ice clock. |
| SUMMARY | |
| Summary | "Greenland: remote, mysterious, ice-covered rock, population 56,000, in the middle of the North Atlantic. Why do we care so much about it? Because locked within the the vast and frozen "white desert"--the nickname early explorers gave it--that covers eighty percent of the land are some of the most profound secrets of our planet--clues about where we've been, and where we might be headed. And now, with the ice sheet melting at an unprecedented rate, we are able, for the first time, to understand the story that lies within it, and what it can tell us about our future. In The Ice at the End of the World, Jon Gertner reconstructs in vivid, thrilling detail the heroic efforts of the scientists and explorers who have visited Greenland over the past 150 years--first on skis, then on sleds, and now, with planes and satellites, utilizing every technological tool available to uncover the secrets in the ice before it's too late. Much as he did with his depiction of solid-state engineers and laser scientists in his bestselling book The Idea Factory, Gertner chronicles the amazing advances, almost unfathomable hardships, technological leaps, and scientific achievements of Arctic researchers with a rich, transporting, deeply intelligent style that melds the compelling stories of a small cast of brilliant and eccentric individuals, with a keen, analytical eye toward what this work means for the rest of us"-- |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Heading | SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Meteorology & Climatology |
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| Topical Heading | NATURE / Ecosystems & Habitats / Polar Regions |
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| Topical Heading | Discoveries in geography |
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| Topical Heading | Ecology |
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| Topical Heading | Greenland |
| General | Discovery and exploration |
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| Topical Heading | Greenland |
| General | Environmental conditions |
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| Topical Heading | Arctic regions |
| General | Research |
| ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | https://uowd.box.com/s/h9s7x66x87tbcetegd7z254t9d87r5l4 |
| Public note | Location Map |
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| Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Permanent location | Current location | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type | Public note |
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| University of Wollongong in Dubai | University of Wollongong in Dubai | Main Collection | 2020-06-02 | Kinokuniya | 559.82 GE IC | T0063932 | 2019-12-09 | 2019-12-09 | REGULAR | June2020 |