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Cold

Adventures in the World's Frozen Places

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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. ... more

About Author

Bill Streever chairs the North Slope Science Initiative's Science Technical Advisory Panel in Alaska and serves on many related committees, including a climate change advisory panel. A biologist, he lives with his son in Anchorage, where he hikes, bikes, camps, scuba dives, and cross country skies, as often as the weather allows.

Audio and Video

Cold
Little Brown and Company
Category:
SCIENCE
Format:
HARDCOVER BOOK
Publish Date:
7/22/2009
Price:
$24.99/$27.99
ISBN:
9780316042918
Pages:
304
Size:
6" x 9-1/4"

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