Antarctica: Earth's Own Ice World

• Main Authors: Carroll, Michael (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Lopes, Rosaly (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Popular Science,
• Subjects: Nature.; Environment.; Polar regions.; Space sciences.; Planetology.; Popular Science in Nature and Environment.; Polar Geography.; Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics).

In 2016, scientist Rosaly Lopes and artist Michael Carroll teamed up as fellows of the National Science Foundation to travel to Mount Erebus, the world's southernmost active volcano in Antarctica. The logistics of getting there and complex operations of Antarctica's McMurdo Station echo th...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Beginnings of an Adventure
• Chapter 1: The Lure of the Poles
• Chapter 2: The Mountain and Its Madness
• Chapter 3: First Step: Getting There
• Chapter 4: Second Step: McMurdo
• Chapter 5: Working on the Edge
• Chapter 6: Our Voyage Up the Mountain
• Chapter 7: Landscapes on This and Other Worlds
• Chapter 8: Future Explorations
• Chapter 9: Journal Entries
• Glossary
• Assorted Landmarks
• Index.