Cold: Adventures in the World'S Frozen Places [Audiobook] download free by Bill Streever
- Listen audiobook: Cold: Adventures in the World'S Frozen Places
- Author: Bill Streever
- Release date: 2010/3/10
- Publisher: LITTLE, BROWN & COMPANY
- Language: English
- Genre or Collection: Travel and Holiday Guides
- ISBN: 9780316042925
- Rating: 7.3 of 10
- Votes: 601
- Review by: Jessie Griffiths
- Review rating: 9.2 of 10
- Review Date: 2018/10/22
- Duration: 4H0M10S in 256 kbps (64 MB)
- Date of creation of the audiobook: 2018-08-27
- You can listen to this audiobook in formats: WMA, MPEG4, ATRAC, FLAC, AIFF, MP3, Apple Lossless, WAV (compression BZ, RAR, TBZ, CBZ, ZIP)
- Total pages original book: 320
- Includes a PDF summary of 37 pages
- Duration of the summary (audio): 28M29S (7.4 MB)
- Description or summary of the audiobook: From avalanches to glaciers and seals to snowflakes, from igloos to icebergs, permafrost to hoarfrost, chilblains to frostbite, Bill Streever unearths the consistent, ongoing influence of cold on the planet. Evoking history, myth, geography and ecology, Streever's quest for icy, forty-below cold gains purchase in July, while he's taking a dip in an Arctic swimming hole; in September, while excavating our planet's ice ages; and in October, while exploring animals' hibernation habits, from humans to wood frogs to bears. In March he even does his best to escape it, bundling up in layers of polyester, spandex and Primaloft fill to face thermometers reading twenty-three below. Streever visits an underground Cold War-era tunnel, where preserved remains mingle with new-fangled machinery and gear; weighs in on the scientific quest to reach absolute zero (-459 F); and describes how refrigeration evolved from worldwide ice shipping to the chemical coolants we know today.
- Other categories, genre or collection: Popular Science, Ecological Science, The Biosphere, Conservation Of Wildlife & Habitats, Expeditions, Geography Books, Travel Writing, Science: General Issues
- Download servers: 4Shared, Microsoft OneDrive, Dropbox, Toorgle, Google Drive, Nubo. Compressed in BZ, RAR, TBZ, CBZ, ZIP
- Format: Paperback
- Approximate value: 16.88 USD
- Dimensions: 139x208x20mm
- Weight: 290g
- Printed by: Not Available
- Published in: New York, United States
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