- 204 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
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About this book
Moisture, temperature, gravity. These are the ingredients that create the life story of the driest of Earth' s continents. Heart of Ice takes the reader on a compelling journey across space and time, navigating entangled stories of ice and rock, humans, animals and other species, through the prism of Antarctica' s ice. Joy McCann – author of the internationally acclaimed Wild Sea – eloquently draws on a vast body of scientific and historical research to explore how Antarctica' s ice sheets, its glaciers, ice shelves and sea ice, have been imagined, inhabited and invested with meaning over time. She invites readers to see this vast icy realm in a different way – as a vibrant, storied, multispecies environment and a powerful agent that has shaped – and continues to shape – our history and our planet.
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Ecosystems & HabitatsIndex
Biological SciencesTable of contents
- Cover
- Halftitle Page
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Prelude: The ice at the centre of the world
- 1 The endless emptiness
- 2 Plateau
- 3 Underworld
- 4 The floating edge
- 5 The pack
- 6 Under the sea ice
- 7 Islands of ice
- 8 Leviathan
- Epilogue: The ice at the end of the world
- Acknowledgements
- Glossary
- Timeline
- Notes
- Select bibliography
- Index
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