From avalanches to glaciers, from seals to snowflakes, and from Shackleton's expedition to The Year Without Summer, Bill Streever journeys through history, myth, geography, and ecology in a year-long search for cold -- real, icy, 40-below cold. In July he finds it while taking a dip in a 35-degree Arctic swimming hole; in September while excavating our planet's ancient and not so ancient ice ages; and in October while exploring hibernation habits in animals, from humans to wood frogs to bears. A scientist whose passion for cold runs red hot, Streever is a wondrous guide: he conjures woolly mammoth carcasses and the ice-age Clovis tribe from melting glaciers, and he evokes blizzards so wild readers may freeze -- limb by vicarious limb.
Cold: Adventures in the World's Frozen Places
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Author: Streever, Bill
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 9780316042925
Details:
Author: Streever, Bill
Brand: Back Bay Books
Edition: 1
Binding: Paperback
Format: Illustrated
Number Of Pages: 321
Release Date: 19-07-2010
Part Number: Illustrated
Package Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.4 x 1.0 inches Languages: English
EAN: 9780316042925
