The famous paleontologist Neil Shubin made astounding discoveries in scientific expeditions in the Arctic and Antarctica. He experienced polar storms, traveled in extremely low temperatures, and worked hundreds of kilometers from civilization—all to expand our understanding of the world.
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"Edges of the Earth," a book that is both amusing and serious, we will join him on the "dance floor of dinosaurs" that once inhabited the tropical climate of present-day Greenland, hunt for meteorites preserved in ice, meet astonishing creatures that produce their own "antifreeze," and explore life in the depths of ancient subglacial lakes. We will remember the desperate pioneers of the past who risked and sometimes sacrificed their lives in these harsh regions. And we will realize that everything happening at the poles does not stay at the poles—they are closely and directly connected to our past, present, and future.
The famous paleontologist Neil Shubin made astounding discoveries in scientific expeditions in the Arctic and Antarctica. He experienced polar storms, traveled in extremely low temperatures, and worked hundreds of kilometers from civilization—all to expand our understanding of the world.
In reading "Edges of the Earth," a book that is both amusing and serious, we will join him on the "dance floor of dinosaurs" that once inhabited the tropical climate of present-day Greenland, hunt for meteorites preserved in ice, meet astonishing creatures that produce their own "antifreeze," and explore life in the depths of ancient subglacial lakes. We will remember the desperate pioneers of the past who risked and sometimes sacrificed their lives in these harsh regions. And we will realize that everything happening at the poles does not stay at the poles—they are closely and directly connected to our past, present, and future.
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