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Science on ice : discovering the secrets of Antarctica / Veronika Meduna ; internal design Katrina Duncan, cover design Spencer Levine.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Meduna, Veronika.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Natural history--Antarctica.
- Natural history.
- Zoology--Antarctica.
- Zoology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (231 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Auckland, New Zealand : Auckland University Press, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In Science on Ice, award-winning science broadcaster and writer Veronika Meduna follows deep-south scientists who huddle in tents and dive under ice to study ancient mud, fat fish, migrating penguins and fossilised forests. Meduna presents us with a fascinating frozen land Antarctica's ice cap holds three quarters of the planet's fresh water, its layers of ice and sediment record past climate conditions going back millions of years, and the oceans around it drive the global food chain and a giant conveyor belt of currents that transports heat around the globe. The creatures that call Antarctica home have evolved to survive in conditions hostile to life, and the continent's permanently ice-covered lakes may even hold the secret to how life began on Earth and what it might look like elsewhere. And though it is the only continent without permanent human habitation, Antartica may yet hold the key to our survival. In this lavishly illustrated book Meduna introduces us to an exhilarating landscape, to fascinating discoveries and to the people making them those scientists tackling fundamental questions about life and the world around us from the frozen continent.
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Introduction A Land of Ice; 1 Uncovering the Past; 2 Life on Ice; 3 True Antarcticans; 4 Oasis in a Frozen Desert; Coda Beyond the Ice; Sources and Further Reading; Acknowledgements; Index; A; B; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 26, 2013).
- ISBN:
- 9781869405847
- 1869405846
- OCLC:
- 862828980
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