{"product_id":"the-hidden-life-of-ice-marco-tedesco-9781615196999","title":"The Hidden Life of Ice: Dispatches from a Disappearing World","description":"Marco Tedesco is a world-leading expert on Arctic ice decline and climate change. In \u003ci\u003eThe Hidden Life of Ice\u003c\/i\u003e, he invites us to Greenland, where he and his fellow scientists are doggedly researching the dramatic changes afoot. Following the arc of his typical day in the field, he unearths the surprising secrets just beneath the icy surface--from evidence of long-extinct \"polar camels\" to the fantastically weird microorganisms that live in freezing cryoconite holes--as well as critical clues about the future of our planet.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Not just a student of its secrets, Tedesco is an acolyte of the Arctic's beauty--its \"magnificence and fragility,\" as Elizabeth Kolbert writes in her foreword. Alongside the sobering facts on climate change, Tedesco shares stunning photographs of this surreal landscape-- as well as captivating legends of Greenland's earliest local populations, epic deeds of long-ago Arctic explorers, and his own moving reflections.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This is an urgent tribute to an awe-inspiring place that may be gone all too soon.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alberto Flores d'Arcais, Marco Tedesco\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1615196994\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781615196999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Experiment\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/18\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.60w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2020 pg. 91\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2021","brand":"Alberto Flores d'Arcais","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44043163140351,"sku":"9781615196999","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9bf66629-be24-4dc5-ba10-5c56b85713c2.jpg?v=1684965606","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-hidden-life-of-ice-marco-tedesco-9781615196999","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}