TITLE:
Cold : adventures in the world's frozen places / Bill Streever.
By:
Publication Date:
2009-2010
Publication Information:
New York : Back Bay Books/Little, Brown and Co.,
Edition:
1st Back Bay pbk. ed.
Physical Description:
291, 10 p. : ill., maps.
Geographic Term:
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
From avalanches to glaciers, from seals to snowflakes, and from Shackleton's expedition to The Year Without Summer, Bill Streever journeys through history, myth, geography, and ecology in a year-long search for cold -- real, icy, 40-below cold. In July he finds it while taking a dip in a 35-degree Arctic swimming hole; in September while excavating our planet's ancient and not so ancient ice ages; and in October while exploring hibernation habits in animals, from humans to wood frogs to bears.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780316042925
