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DLC |
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20200122110842.0 |
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181108s2019 nyu b 001 0 eng c |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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| LC control number |
2018039395 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780812996623 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
0812996623 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
LBSOR/DLC |
| Language of cataloging |
eng |
| Description conventions |
rda |
| Transcribing agency |
LBSOR |
| Modifying agency |
MiTN |
| 050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
G743 |
| Item number |
.G478 2019 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Gertner, Jon, |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Ice at the end of the world : |
| Remainder of title |
Greenland's secret past and Earth's perilous future / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
by Jon Gertner. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition statement |
First edition. |
| 263 ## - PROJECTED PUBLICATION DATE |
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| Projected publication date |
1906. |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE |
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| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
New York : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer |
Random House, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice |
[2019] |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
pages cm. |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE |
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| Content type term |
text |
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rdacontent. |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE |
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| Media type term |
unmediated |
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rdamedia. |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE |
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| Carrier type term |
volume |
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rdacarrier. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc. note |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Introduction: the view from above -- The scheme of a lunatic -- Hauling -- Simple and easy -- North by Northeast -- A pure primitive realm -- Thule -- Dynamite -- Digging -- Machine age -- The Americans -- Drilling -- Jesus ice -- Deeper -- Sensing -- A key -- Meltwater season -- Epilogue: the ice clock. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
"Greenland: remote, mysterious, ice-covered rock, population 56,000, in the middle of the North Atlantic. Why do we care so much about it? Because locked within the the vast and frozen "white desert"--the nickname early explorers gave it--that covers eighty percent of the land are some of the most profound secrets of our planet--clues about where we've been, and where we might be headed. And now, with the ice sheet melting at an unprecedented rate, we are able, for the first time, to understand the storythat lies within it, and what it can tell us about our future. In The Ice at the End of the World, Jon Gertner reconstructs in vivid, thrilling detail the heroic efforts of the scientists and explorers who have visited Greenland over the past 150 years--first on skis, then on sleds, and now, with planes and satellites, utilizing every technological tool available to uncover the secrets in the ice before it's too late. Much as he did with his depiction of solid-state engineers and laser scientists in his bestselling book The Idea Factory, Gertner chronicles the amazing advances, almost unfathomable hardships, technological leaps, and scientific achievements of Arctic researchers with a rich, transporting, deeply intelligent style that melds the compellingstories of a small cast of brilliant and eccentric individuals, with a keen, analytical eye toward what this work means for the rest of us"-- |
| Assigning source |
Provided by publisher. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Geographic name |
Greenland |
| General subdivision |
Discovery and exploration. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Geographic name |
Greenland |
| General subdivision |
Environmental conditions. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Geographic name |
Arctic regions |
| General subdivision |
Research. |