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Silent snow : the slow poisoning of the Arctic
- Title
- Silent snow : the slow poisoning of the Arctic / Marla Cone.
- Author
- Cone, Marla.
- Publication
- New York : Grove Press, 2005.
- ©2005
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Details
- Description
- ix, 246 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- In a journey across the Arctic to find out why it is toxic, an environmental journalist reports on the dangers of pollution to fragile ecosystems; how Arctic cultures are adapting to pollution; and what solutions will prevent this crisis from getting worse.
- Alternative Title
- 1st ed
- Subject
- Pollution > Arctic regions
- Pollution
- Pollution > Arctic regions
- Pollution > Environmental aspects > Arctic regions
- Environmental Pollution
- Pollution > Arctique
- chemical pollution
- pollution
- Arctic
- Inuit
- Indigenous peoples
- Marine mammals
- Chemical pollution
- Pesticides
- Hazardous waste
- Marine pollution
- Environmental pollution
- Pollution > Environmental aspects
- Arctic Regions
- Arctic Regions
- Genre/Form
- Nonfiction.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-234) and index.
- Contents
- A moral compass in a vast, lonely land -- I: The Arctic paradox -- Blowing in the wind: a contaminant's long journey north -- Unexpected poisons: serendipity at the top of the world -- The world's unfortunate laboratory -- Plight of the ice bear: top of the world, top of the food web -- Ties that bind in Greenland -- A fish can't feed a village: Alaska's communal hunts -- II: Scientists seeking order out of chaos -- Fear is toxic, too: communicating risk to Canada's Inuit -- Into the brains of babes: searching for clues in Faroese children -- Beyond silent spring: a global assault on sex hormones and immune systems -- The Arctic in flux: global conspirators and the whims of climate -- Islands of sudden change: the evolution of the Aleutians -- III: Solutions and predictions -- The diagnosis: scientists write a prescription -- POPs and politics: taking the first step toward a solution -- The chain of evil continues unbroken: the Arctic's new toxic legacies -- Survival of the fittest: walking in the Inuits footsteps.
- ISBN
- 080211797X
- 9780802117977
- 0802142591
- 9780802142597
- LCCN
- 2004060707
- 9780802142597
- OCLC
- ocm57201334
- 57201334
- SCSB-1361781
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library