Bibliograph

The hidden life of ice, dispatches from a disappearing world, Marco Tedesco with Alberto Flores d'Arcais ; translated by Denise Muir ; foreword by Elizabeth Kolbert

Type

Label

The hidden life of ice, dispatches from a disappearing world, Marco Tedesco with Alberto Flores d'Arcais ; translated by Denise Muir ; foreword by Elizabeth Kolbert

Language

eng

Illustrations

platesillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The hidden life of ice

Oclc number

1159616874

Responsibility statement

Marco Tedesco with Alberto Flores d'Arcais ; translated by Denise Muir ; foreword by Elizabeth Kolbert

Sub title

dispatches from a disappearing world

Summary

"A pioneering researcher's illuminating account of Arctic ice--its secret history and dire future. Tedesco unearths its secrets--from evidence of long-extinct "polar camels" to fantastically weird microorganisms living at freezing temperature in cryoconite holes--and weaves together the bald facts on climate change with poetic reflections on this endangered landscape, epic tales of Arctic explorers, and the legends of the rare local populations"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Origins of ice -- Mother Greenland -- The color of Greenland -- Forgotten heroes -- Arctic big brother -- Icy abysses -- A hole in the ice -- Polar camel -- The world through a lens -- Northwest passage -- Freedom

Target audience

adult

Classification