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Land of Wondrous Cold - The Race to Discover Antarctica and Unlock the Secrets of Its Ice (Paperback) Loot Price: R409
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Land of Wondrous Cold - The Race to Discover Antarctica and Unlock the Secrets of Its Ice (Paperback): Gillen D'Arcy Wood

Land of Wondrous Cold - The Race to Discover Antarctica and Unlock the Secrets of Its Ice (Paperback)

Gillen D'Arcy Wood

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A gripping history of the polar continent, from the great discoveries of the nineteenth century to modern scientific breakthroughs Antarctica, the ice kingdom hosting the South Pole, looms large in the human imagination. The secrets of this vast frozen desert have long tempted explorers, but its brutal climate and glacial shores notoriously resist human intrusion. Land of Wondrous Cold tells a gripping story of the pioneering nineteenth-century voyages, when British, French, and American commanders raced to penetrate Antarctica's glacial rim for unknown lands beyond. These intrepid Victorian explorers-James Ross, Dumont D'Urville, and Charles Wilkes-laid the foundation for our current understanding of Terra Australis Incognita. Today, the white continent poses new challenges, as scientists race to uncover Earth's climate history, which is recorded in the south polar ice and ocean floor, and to monitor the increasing instability of the Antarctic ice cap, which threatens to inundate coastal cities worldwide. Interweaving the breakthrough research of the modern Ocean Drilling Program with the dramatic discovery tales of its Victorian forerunners, Gillen D'Arcy Wood describes Antarctica's role in a planetary drama of plate tectonics, climate change, and species evolution stretching back more than thirty million years. An original, multifaceted portrait of the polar continent emerges, illuminating our profound connection to Antarctica in its past, present, and future incarnations. A deep-time history of monumental scale, Land of Wondrous Cold brings the remotest of worlds within close reach-an Antarctica vital to both planetary history and human fortunes.

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Imprint: Princeton University Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: October 2021
First published: 2020
Authors: Gillen D'Arcy Wood
Dimensions: 203 x 133 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 312
ISBN-13: 978-0-691-22904-1
Categories: Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > History of science
Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
Books > Earth & environment > Earth sciences > Geology & the lithosphere > Historical geology
Books > Earth & environment > Earth sciences > Meteorology > General
Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
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LSN: 0-691-22904-X
Barcode: 9780691229041

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