This book was written out of Gretel Ehrlich's love for winter-for remote and cold places, for the ways winter frees our imagination and invigorates our feet, mind, and soul-and also out of the fear that our democracy of gratification has irreparably altered the climate. Over the course of a year, Ehrlich experiences firsthand the myriad expressions of cold, giving us marvelous histories of wind, water, snow, and ice, of ocean currents and weather cycles. From Tierra del Fuego in the south to Spitsbergen, east of Greenland, at the very top of the world, she explores how our very consciousness is animated and enlivened by the archaic rhythms and erupting oscillations of weather. We share Ehrlich's experience of the thrills of cold, but also her questions: What will happen to us if we are deseasoned ? If winter ends, will we survive?
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Random House USA Inc
ISBN-13
9781400034352
eBay Product ID (ePID)
189047842
Product Key Features
Author
Gretel Ehrlich
Publication Name
The Future of Ice: a Journey Into Cold
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Geography & Geosciences
Publication Year
2005
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
224 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
203mm
Item Width
132mm
Item Weight
227g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Gretel Ehrlich
Topic
Literature
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
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