Title: The Quiet Limit of the World: A Journey to the North Pole to Investigate Global Warming
Binding: Cloth Book Condition: Near Fine Jacket Condition: Very Good Edition: First Edition Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Publisher: Toronto Macfarlane Walter & Ross 1997 ISBN Number:1551990148 / 9781551990149
Seller ID: 000076
Near Fine Hardcover in Very Good dust jacket; jacket shows minor rubbing from shelfwear; 265 pages with Index; sporadic B&W illustrations; book and jacket protected by new Brodart clear cover. "Weaving natural science, oceanography, and Arctic history, the author chronicles the challenges of life aboard the first surface vessels ever to reach the Pole from the western approach. While at the Pole, he captures the unexpected richness and beauty of the North and at the same time raises disturbing questions about the deterioration of the Arctic environment."
NORTH POLE; GLOBAL WARMING; ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE; OCEANOGRAPHY; THE ARCTIC
