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S'està carregant… Antarctica: An Intimate Portrait of a Mysterious Continentde Gabrielle Walker
   No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra.   ) Kiramke | Jun 27, 2023 |  Every researcher she meets, they tell her about the different aspect of living isolated life on the continent and how it can be bearing sometime on the mind. That human touch to the story makes it a real read than dry facts about the continent. There is fair bit of feminism rants particularly in the beginning of the book and mostly it's justified. But some places, it starts getting tiresome and i feel it was only dull parts of the book. Overall it's a fantastic book. Many of us look at the sky for wonder and awe. But sometimes we forget the greatest mystery of our planet is under our feet covered in ice. ( ) madhukaraphatak | Aug 12, 2020 | ) unclebob53703 | May 7, 2020 | She has a passion for the polar regions, and writes about Antarctica with clarity and measured prose. She clearly explains how the effect of climate change is starting to have a noticeable effect at the South Pole. She describes the characters that inhabit the stations, who vary from the reclusive scientist to the people normally on the fringes of society. Bang up to date, well worth a read. (  ) PDCRead | Apr 6, 2020 | Walker goes on and on about how exclusive Antarctica is... so what's she doing there? (  ) bookishblond | Oct 24, 2018 | Sense ressenyes | afegeix-hi una ressenya
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. No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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 Google Books — S'està carregant…GèneresClassificació Decimal de Dewey (DDC)919.89History and Geography Geography and Travel Geography of and travel in Australasia, Pacific Ocean islands, Atlantic Ocean islands, Arctic islands, Antarctica and on extraterrestrial worlds Polar regions AntarcticaLCC (Clas. Bibl. Congrés EUA)ValoracióMitjana: (4.32)
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