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The greatest polar expedition of all time : the Arctic mission to the epicenter of climate change / Markus Rex ; in collaboration with Marlene Göring ; translated by Sarah Pybus.
"A captain's tell-all about the world's largest Arctic expedition--an illuminating account of seafaring adventure, Arctic natural history, and cutting-edge climate science. The book about the Mosaic Expedition: as seen in the documentary film Arctic Drift, Atmospheric scientist Markus Rex recounts the monumental Arctic expedition he captained for one year in this gripping and authoritative book. A groundbreaking step towards understanding the climate crisis, the MOSAiC expedition--launched in 2019 by the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research--was the first of its kind, journeying deep into the epicentre of climate change, the Arctic, to seek hard-to-find and potentially world-changing scientific data. Rex begins with life aboard the Polarstern, a powerful icebreaker ship that is frozen into fragile ice and carried across the Arctic by the Transpolar Drift. Away from the rest of the world, the team prepares for life under brutal conditions, constructing "cities" and "towns" on the ice where they will study the Arctic ecosystem, its atmosphere, ocean, sea ice, and more. A terrifying feat that had never been attempted before, the team of hundreds of scientists perform their research during terrifying storms, cracking ice floes, frost-bite, and even quarantines as Covid-19 sweeps the globe. But there are heartwarming moments, too, as Markus Rex describes Christmas parties on the ice and polar bears playing with scientific equipment like puppies. He muses on expeditions past, such as the ill-fated Franklin Expedition, and Fridtjof Nansen's Fram expedition, which he follows as a guide. And he explores answers to the pressing questions facing the Arctic today: How will climate change impact this precious ecosystem--and therefore the rest of the world? What is the best way to protect the Arctic? Interweaving history, science, and memoir, The Greatest Polar Expedition of All Time is a page-turner about the teamwork it takes to complete a risky goal, all in the name of understanding--and responding to--the climate crisis"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781771649483 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: xii, 273 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), map ; 24 cm
- Publisher: Vancouver : Greystone Books, [2022]
- Copyright: ©2022
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "David Suzuki Institute." "Originally published in German as Eingefroren am Nordpol"--Title page verso. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Part I: Fall. It begins -- On thin ice -- A new home -- Part II: Winter. Alone at the end of the world -- Strom in the polar night -- Christmas in the ice -- Part III: On land. On a knife edge -- Par IV: Spring. Return to the ice -- The great thaw -- Part V: Summer. High summer on the ice -- The North Pole, and a new ice floe -- Going home. |
| Language Note: | Translated from the German. |
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- Baker & Taylor
In this eye-opening journey to the end of the Earth, the leader of a year-long mission to the Arctic, the epicenter of climate change, which involved 20 countries and hundreds of researchers, describes an Arctic that is vastly altered by warming but that still has a chance to be saved. Illustrations. - Baker & Taylor
"The Greatest Polar Expedition of All Time vividly describes one year aboard the Polarstern, a powerful ice-breaker ship that journeyed deep into the Arctic in 2019, carrying over 100 scientists and crew known as the MOSAiC Expedition. Hailing from across the world, they would become the largest expedition to ever survive a polar winter. Their purpose? To understand--and predict--the impacts of climate change on the Arctic. Written by the expedition's leader, the renowned atmospheric scientist Markus Rex, this page-turner reads like a captain's log of daily life aboard the Polarstern. Living in one of the most remote, dangerous, and electrifying places on earth, Rex describes incredible sights: polar bears playing with scientific equipment, Christmas parties in the bitter cold, frostbitten scientists, and hair-raising storms that threaten to break the Polarstern's cables and send it flying across the ice"-- - Perseus Publishing
??For readers of Madhouse at the End of the Earth, Endurance, and other seafaring adventure stories comes a thrilling account of a 21st-century Arctic mission.
â A contemporary classic!ââKen McGoogan, author of Fatal Passage
âShow-stopping.âÂâPublisherâs Weekly STARRED Review
The Greatest Polar Expedition of All Time vividly describes one year aboard the Polarstern, a powerful ice-breaker ship that journeyed deep into the Arctic in 2019, carrying over 100 scientists and crew known as the MOSAiC Expedition. Hailing from across the world, they would become the largest expedition to ever survive a polar winter. Their purpose? To understandâand predictâthe impacts of climate change on the Arctic.
Written by the expeditionâs leader, the renowned atmospheric scientist Markus Rex, this page-turner reads like a captainâs log of daily life aboard the Polarstern. Living in one of the most remote, dangerous, and electrifying places on earth, Rex describes incredible sights: polar bears playing with scientific equipment, Christmas parties in the bitter cold, frostbitten scientists, and hair-raising storms that threaten to break the Polarsternâs cables and send it flying across the ice. He also reveals breathtaking science from deep inside the sea ice.
Filled with sobering, heart-warming, and bone-chilling moments, The Greatest Polar Expedition of All Time is a testament to Rexâs extraordinary drive to save a precious ecosystem. Itâs also an ode to a place that has beguiled sailors and explorers for centuries.
