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The curious and vanishing world of ice in Greenland, told through 24 hours in the life of a polar scientist.
´Insightful, lyrical, and personal´ - Jon Gertner
´Evokes the ice sheet´s magnificence and fragility´ - Elizabeth Kolbert
One of the least inhabited and most mysterious parts of the world, Greenland is a singular place on Earth from which to look for the future of our planet and question its history.
Polar scientist Marco Tedesco, a world-leading expert on ice and on climate change, takes us along as he and his fellow researchers conduct all-important measurements to understand the dramatic changes afoot on the immense polar ice cap. Following a day in the life of this disappearing world, Tedesco tells us about improbable ´polar camels´, cryoconite holes, gigantic meteorite debris, the epic deeds of great Arctic explorers and the legends of Greenland´s earliest populations.
Through these stories, anecdotes and curiosities, Tedesco passionately explains why this continent is something to be treasured and how it could tip the balance of our fate as a species. Blending science and Tedesco´s personal journey, ICE is a book full of both wonder and urgency.