Cold: Adventures in the World's Frozen Places

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Updated: 2009-07-21 11:10

Cold: Adventures in the World's Frozen Places :by Bill

Streever, published by Little, Brown & Company.

To understand cold is to understand the world. Glaciers built our landscapes, grinding rocks to "glacial flour" as they advanced and then dropping it hill-high in piles as they retreated. Cold steers history and the pathways of migration and industry. Temperature determines which animals live where and how they behave there.

The subtitle of Cold suggests a march into the well-scoured terrain of polar exploration. Bill Streever does include a few tales from the era, but he has high standards.

Losing a frostbitten limb won't earn you a place in this book. You must be found dead with a spoon lashed to the stump. The adventures here take place in colder and stranger lands than the Arctic.