Cold: Adventures in the World's Frozen Places

Bill Streever

Little, Brown and Company, 2009 - Science - 292 pages

From avalanches to glaciers, from seals to snowflakes, and from Shackleton's expedition to "The Year Without Summer," Streever journeys through history, myth, geography, and ecology in a year-long search for cold--real, icy, 40-below cold.

About the author

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.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Cold: Adventures in the World's Frozen Places
• Author: Bill Streever
• Publisher: Little, Brown and Company, 2009
• ISBN: 0316042919, 9780316042918
• Length: 292 pages
• Subjects: Science / Earth Sciences / Geography; Science / Essays; Science / Life Sciences / Ecology