Cold
Adventures in the World's Frozen PlacesFull Description
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
Audio and Video
- Category:
- SCIENCE
- Format:
- ELECTRONIC BOOK
- Subformat:
- OPEN EBOOK
- Publish Date:
- 7/22/2009
- Price:
- $9.99/$9.99
- ISBN:
- 9780316052467
- Pages:
- 0
