The Ice at the End of the World
An Epic Journey Into Greenland’s Buried Past and Our Perilous Future
Jon Gertner
The Ice at the End of the World
An Epic Journey Into Greenland’s Buried Past and Our Perilous Future
Jon Gertner
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A riveting account of the explorers and scientists racing to understand Greenland’s rapidly melting ice: a dramatic harbinger of climate change.
Penetrating and engrossing . . . a captivating, essential book to add to the necessarily burgeoning literature on global warming.
Deeply engrossing and enlightening
The Ice at the End of the World is a masterpiece of reportage and storytelling. What Gertner has found on Greenland's remote glaciers is a harrowing tale of extremity and survival, as well as a harbinger of our own precarious future here on earth. Equal parts science, adventure, and history, this important book is a revelation, one that lingered for me long after turning the last page.
Jon Gertner guides us on a perilous and fascinating journey to the remote island that lies at the epicenter of our understanding of climate change. With compelling prose and lucid scientific explanation, he tracks the explorers and scientists who, over two centuries, have tried to fathom the immensity and mysteries of Greenland's inland ice. Both enlightening and disturbing, The Ice at the End of the World takes us on a gripping adventure into the thawing heart of global warming.
Jon Gertner takes readers to spots few journalists or even explorers have visited. The result is a gripping and important book.
Jon Gertner is a journalist, historian and feature writer for The New York Times Magazine. His first book, The Idea Factory (Penguin, 2012) was a New York Times bestseller and described as 'compelling' by the Wall Street Journal, 'riveting' by the New York Times, and 'fascinating' by Slate.
Penetrating and engrossing . . . a captivating, essential book to add to the necessarily burgeoning literature on global warming.
Deeply engrossing and enlightening
The Ice at the End of the World is a masterpiece of reportage and storytelling. What Gertner has found on Greenland's remote glaciers is a harrowing tale of extremity and survival, as well as a harbinger of our own precarious future here on earth. Equal parts science, adventure, and history, this important book is a revelation, one that lingered for me long after turning the last page.
Jon Gertner guides us on a perilous and fascinating journey to the remote island that lies at the epicenter of our understanding of climate change. With compelling prose and lucid scientific explanation, he tracks the explorers and scientists who, over two centuries, have tried to fathom the immensity and mysteries of Greenland's inland ice. Both enlightening and disturbing, The Ice at the End of the World takes us on a gripping adventure into the thawing heart of global warming.
Jon Gertner takes readers to spots few journalists or even explorers have visited. The result is a gripping and important book.
Jon Gertner is a journalist, historian and feature writer for The New York Times Magazine. His first book, The Idea Factory (Penguin, 2012) was a New York Times bestseller and described as 'compelling' by the Wall Street Journal, 'riveting' by the New York Times, and 'fascinating' by Slate.