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Adventures in the World's Frozen Places
by Bill Streever
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.
A scientist whose passion for cold runs red hot, Streever is a wondrous guide: he conjures woolly mammoth carcasses and the ice-age Clovis tribe from melting glaciers, and he evokes blizzards so wild readers may freeze - limb by vicarious limb.
"This is a wonderful collection of one man's first-rate observations and commentary about the history and importance of cold to the earth and its occupants." - Publishers Weekly.
"Written in a popular, accessible style, Streever's book also includes 34 pages of notes. Recommended for public libraries." - Library Journal
"Streever’s peripatetic meditation ranges widely over its fascinating subject." - Booklist
"Starred Review. A seamless blend of travelogue, history and scientific treatise." - Kirkus Reviews
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Bill Streever chairs the North Slope Science Initiative's Science Technical Advisory Panel in Alaska and serves on many related committees, including a climate change advisory panel. A biologist, he lives with his son in Anchorage, where he hikes, bikes, camps, scuba dives, and cross country skies, as often as the weather allows.
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