William Grimes, New York Times This is science writing at its best: clear, witty, relevant, unbelievably interesting, and just plain great. Mary Roach Walker has a Ph.D. in chemistry, but she writes like a poet.
"The images I bring back tell the story of a changing envi- ronment that spells the oncoming redrawing of the world's map, and all that it implicates."
Antarctica is a continent with no government, and no permanent population. Find out what life is like in Antarctica.
But, one year, loud, unfamiliar sounds announce the arrival of a new presence—one the animals hope can share this fragile world with them in peace. Antarctica is a 1990 New York Times Book Review Notable Children's Book of the Year.
The Antarctic Environmental Protocol followed in 1998 and prohibited any minerals exploitation in the continent. With this prohibition up for review in 2048, this book asks whether the Antarctic Treaty can continue to protect Antarctica.
Describes the geography, history, political status, and future prospects of the continent of Antarctica
... have been produced for recitation rather than setting to music.21 Doorly and Morrison pooled their talents again for a song ['Drink to] The Northland' (2) for New Years Day or Christmas (or, indeed, any occasion requiring a toast).
In this novel of the near future, the icy continent will become a battleground between those who seek its natural treasures, and those who would keep this wild land untouched--no matter what the cost. "Robinson's most perfect big novel yet.
The compassionate, witty, and unsettling short stories collected here announced Claire Keegan as one of Ireland’s most exciting and versatile new talents and earned comparison to the works of Joyce Carol Oates, Alison Lurie, Raymond ...
A full and intimate portrait of the most mysterious continent on earth, and how it holds the key to all our futures.
This is the story of Antarctica, the last great wilderness on earth. Isolated by ice, wind and the wild seas of the Southern Ocean, it is the world's most pristine...
This book explores the global, environmental and economic issues facing Antarctica including topics such as: species diversity of Antarctic mysids; volatile chlorinated hydrocarbons in Antarctica; the levels and trends of organochlorine ...
Antarctica: The Frozen Continent
Yet Antarctica is also the story of nations seeking to incorporate the Antarctic into their national narratives and to claim its frozen wastes as their own.
Finding Antarctica .................................................. Earth's Laboratory .................................................. Visiting the Bottom of the World.......................20 Plants and Animals.
Describes the continent of Antarctica, including the scientists that study the continent, the animals that live there, and what the weather is like in Antarctica.
The first ever major international history of the world's most forbidding continent - from the eighteenth-century voyages of discovery to the fierce commercial and geopolitical rivalries of today
»Vizepräsident Langford Ramsey, nur einen Herzschlag entfernt von ...« Ramsey stoppte ihn mit erhobener Hand. »Denken wir nicht an so etwas. Ich möchte einfach nur acht Jahre als Vizepräsident dienen.« Kane lächelte. »Beide Amtszeiten?
Antarctica, the world's highest and most isolated continent, has so far remained a safe haven for unique and complex systems of marine and terrestrial life. This introduction to the continent...
Describes the landscapes, extreme weather, plants, animals, and famous explorers of the continent of Antarctica.