| Water, Ice & Stone: Science and Memory on the Antarctic Lakes Contributor(s): Green, Bill (Author) |
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ISBN: 1934137081 ISBN-13: 9781934137086 Publisher: Bellevue Literary Press OUR PRICE: $17.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2008 Annotation: "Nature writing of a very high order . . . a joyride for those who enjoy deep explorations of logic, human frailty and the laws of nature."-"San Francisco Chronicle" "[Bill Green's] prose rings with the elemental clarity of the ice he knows so well."-PEN committee citation A classic of contemporary nature writing, this award-winning account of Antarctica is now available for the first time in paperback. A new introduction by the author emphasizes the ecological importance of the continent within the global warming crisis. Bill Green is a professor of interdisciplinary studies at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. He has been conducting research in Antarctica since 1968. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Earth Sciences - General - Nature | Ecosystems & Habitats - Polar Regions - Science | Global Warming & Climate Change |
| Dewey: 508.989 |
| LCCN: 2008006367 |
| Physical Information: 0.72" H x 6.07" W x 8.83" (0.82 lbs) 272 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: John Burroughs Medal for Distinguished Natural History Book " Green's] prose rings with the elemental clarity of the ice he knows so well." --PEN Awards Committee citation A classic of contemporary nature writing, the award-winning Water, Ice & Stone is both a scientific and poetic journey into Antarctica, addressing the ecological importance of the continent within the context of climate change. Bill Green has been traveling to this remote and primordial place at the bottom of the Earth since 1968. With this book he focuses on the McMurdo Dry Valleys--an area that is deceptively timeless as a stark landscape of rock and ice. Here, Green delves into the geochemistry of the region and discovers a wealth of data, which vividly speaks to the health and climate of the larger world. Bill Green is a geochemist and professor emeritus at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. He first traveled to Antarctica in 1968 and began conducting research there in 1980. He is also the author of Boltzmann's Tomb: Travels in Search of Science. |