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050		4	_aG743 _b.G478 2019
100	1		_aGertner, Jon,
245	1	0	_aIce at the end of the world : _bGreenland's secret past and Earth's perilous future / _cby Jon Gertner.
250			_aFirst edition.
263			_a1906.
264		1	_aNew York : _bRandom House, _c[2019]
300			_apages cm.
336			_atext _2rdacontent.
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia.
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction: 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			_a"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"-- _cProvided by publisher.
651		0	_aGreenland _xDiscovery and exploration.
651		0	_aGreenland _xEnvironmental conditions.
651		0	_aArctic regions _xResearch.
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