Research Catalog

Title

The greatest polar expedition of all time : the Arctic mission to the epicenter of climate change / Markus Rex ; in collaboration with Marlene Göring ; translated by Sarah Pybus.

Author

Rex, Markus

Publication

• Vancouver [British Columbia] : David Suzuki Institute ; Vancouver [British Columbia] ; Berkeley [California] : Greystone Books, 2022.
• ©2022

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Details

Additional Authors

• Göring, Marlene
• Pybus, Sarah

Description

xii, 273 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map; 24 cm

Summary

"A captain's tell-all about the world's largest Arctic expedition--an illuminating account of seafaring adventure, Arctic natural history, and cutting-edge climate science. The book about the Mosaic Expedition: as seen in the documentary film Arctic Drift, Atmospheric scientist Markus Rex recounts the monumental Arctic expedition he captained for one year in this gripping and authoritative book. A groundbreaking step towards understanding the climate crisis, the MOSAiC expedition--launched in 2019 by the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research--was the first of its kind, journeying deep into the epicentre of climate change, the Arctic, to seek hard-to-find and potentially world-changing scientific data. Rex begins with life aboard the Polarstern, a powerful icebreaker ship that is frozen into fragile ice and carried across the Arctic by the Transpolar Drift. Away from the rest of the world, the team prepares for life under brutal conditions, constructing "cities" and "towns" on the ice where they will study the Arctic ecosystem, its atmosphere, ocean, sea ice, and more. A terrifying feat that had never been attempted before, the team of hundreds of scientists perform their research during terrifying storms, cracking ice floes, frost-bite, and even quarantines as Covid-19 sweeps the globe. But there are heartwarming moments, too, as Markus Rex describes Christmas parties on the ice and polar bears playing with scientific equipment like puppies. He muses on expeditions past, such as the ill-fated Franklin Expedition, and Fridtjof Nansen's Fram expedition, which he follows as a guide. And he explores answers to the pressing questions facing the Arctic today: How will climate change impact this precious ecosystem--and therefore the rest of the world? What is the best way to protect the Arctic? Interweaving history, science, and memoir, The Greatest Polar Expedition of All Time is a page-turner about the teamwork it takes to complete a risky goal, all in the name of understanding--and responding to--the climate crisis."--

Uniform Title

Eingefroren am Nordpol. English

Alternative Title

Eingefroren am Nordpol.

Subject

• Polarstern (Ship)
• MOSAiC expedition (2019)
• Global warming > Research > Arctic regions
• Global warming > Arctic regions
• Scientific expeditions > Arctic regions
• Climatology
• Global warming
• Global warming > Research
• Scientific expeditions
• Discoveries in geography
• Arctic regions > Discovery and exploration
• Arctic regions > Climate
• Arctic Regions
• Polar regions

Genre/Form

Informational works.

Note

• Translation of: Eingefroren am Nordpol : das Logbuch von der Polarstern±.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (page 265) and index.

Contents

Prologue -- Part I: Fall. It begins -- On thin ice -- A new home -- Part II: Winter. Alone at the end of the world -- Storm in the polar night -- Christmas in the ice -- Part III: On land. On a knife edge -- Part IV: Spring. Return to the ice -- The great thaw -- Part V: Summer. High summer on the ice -- The North Pole -- and a new ice floe -- Going home -- Epilogue.

Call Number

JFE 22-5215

ISBN

• 9781771649483
• 1771649488

OCLC

1261879601

Author

Rex, Markus, author.

Title

The greatest polar expedition of all time : the Arctic mission to the epicenter of climate change / Markus Rex ; in collaboration with Marlene Göring ; translated by Sarah Pybus.

Publisher

Vancouver [British Columbia] : David Suzuki Institute ; Vancouver [British Columbia] ; Berkeley [California] : Greystone Books, 2022.

Copyright Date

©2022

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (page 265) and index.

Local Note

AUTH: UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM. CO-PUB. W/DAVID SUZUKI INSTITUTE. TRANS. FROM GERMAN.

Added Author

Göring, Marlene, author.

Pybus, Sarah, translator.

Other Form:

Online version: Rex, Markus. Eingefroren am Nordpol. English. Greatest polar expedition of all time. Vancouver ; Berkeley ; London : Greystone Books, 2022 1771649496 9781771649490 (OCoLC)1290438334

Research Call Number

JFE 22-5215