Overview
- Unravels the most amaziong moments of Antartica while travelling with the author
- Leads on an entertaining overview of problems and opportunities on most forgotten continent
- Explains life in the pioneer and modern expeditions to the white continent
Part of the book series: Springer Praxis Books (PRAXIS)
Part of the book sub series: Popular Science (POPS)
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Table of contents (23 chapters)
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Front Matter
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About this book
Having always been fascinated by these singular landscapes, Sergio Rossi reconstructs some of the episodes that have marked the exploration of these territories, such as the dramatic race between Amundsen and Scott to conquer the South Pole, and Captain Shackleton’s odyssey to save his crew from certain death. But also modern trips including his own to these remote areas, explaining many aspects of the current science and political competition that is underway.
The book leads us on an entertaining overview of all the problems and opportunities that the planet’s most forgotten continent offers to humans. A remote mass of ice upon which our future as a species depends and which we cannot continue to ignore any longer.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Sergio Rossi is an Associate professor at DiSTeBA (Università del Salento) and Permanent Professor of Labomar (Universidade Federal do Cearà ) , specialized in marine natural resources and biological oceanography. His main subjects are health status bioindicators of benthic coastal populations, energy fluxes in the bentho-pelagic coupling processes, sescape restoration, blue carbon and the management and conservation of wild marine fauna. Sergio Rossi has more than 140 SCI publications, has participated in more than 60 national and international congresses and in 50 scientific and applied projects. He is also a scientific journalist and writer, with 10 published books (Oceans in Decline, Copernicus, Springer-Nature, among others).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: A Journey in Antarctica
Book Subtitle: Exploring the Future of the White Continent
Authors: Sergio Rossi
Series Title: Springer Praxis Books
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-89492-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-89491-7Published: 08 February 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-89494-8Published: 08 February 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-89492-4Published: 08 February 2022
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 198
Number of Illustrations: 21 b/w illustrations