Author: Anna KirschbergPublisher:
ISBN: 9781648064678
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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I Is for Iceberg
Author: Anna KirschbergPublisher:
ISBN: 9781648064678
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Iceberg Sounding by Impulse Radar
Author: James Randell RossiterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 3
Book Description
Shows estimates of draft of irregularly-shaped icebergs can be obtained quickly and easily by using airborne short-pulse radar, referring to sounding of small iceberg in Twillingate Harbour, Newfoundland, in June, 1977.
Iceberg Production in the Prince William Sound Area
Author: William Atwood LongPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Icebergs
Languages : en
Pages : 10
Book Description
Thinking Like an Iceberg
Author: Olivier RemaudPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1509551484
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
When we imagine the polar regions, we see a largely lifeless world covered in snow and ice where icebergs drift listlessly through frozen waters, like solitary wanderers of the oceans floating aimlessly in total silence. But nothing could be further from the truth. This book takes us into the fascinating world of icebergs and glaciers to discover what they are really like. Through a series of historical vignettes recalling some of the most tragic and most exhilarating encounters between human beings and these gigantic pieces of matter, and through vivid descriptions of their cycles of birth and death, Olivier Remaud shows that these entities are teeming with many forms of life and that there is a deep continuity between iceberg life and human life, a complex web of reciprocal interconnections that can lead from the deadliest to the most vital. And precisely because there is this continuity, icebergs and glaciers tell us something important about life itself – namely, that it thrives in the most unexpected of places, even where there seems to be no life at all. At a time when we are increasingly aware that the melting of ice sheets, glaciers and sea ice is one of the many disastrous consequences of global warming, this beautiful meditation is a poignant reminder of the interconnectedness of all life and the fragility of the Earth’s ecosystems.
Trick Baby
Author: Iceberg SlimPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1936399032
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
The author that brought black literature to the streets is back. Weaving stories of deceit, sex, humor, and race, bestselling author Iceberg Slim brings us the story of a hustler who doesn’t just play the con game, he transforms it. This is the gritty truth, the life of a hustler in south side Chicago where the only characters are those who con and those who get conned. Trick Baby tells the story of “White Folks,” a blue-eyed, light-haired, con artist whose pale skin allows him to pass in the streets as a white man. Folks is tormented early in life, rejected by other children and branded a “Trick Baby,” the child conceived between a hooker and her trick. Refusing to abandon his life in the ghetto and a chance at revenge, Folks is taken under the wing of an older mentor, Blue. What happens next is not to be believed. Iceberg Slim’s story is now depicted in a major motion picture distributed worldwide. Iceberg Slim: Portrait of a Pimp shows Slim’s transformation from pimp to the author of seven classic books.
Voyage of the Iceberg
Author: The Restless Sea
Author: Robert KunzigPublisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393045628
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
The sea covers seven-tenths of the Earth, but we have mapped only a small percent of it. The sea contains millions of species of animals and plants, but we have identified only a few thousand of them. The sea controls our planet's climate, but we do not really understand how. The sea is still the frontier, and yet it seems so familiar that we sometimes forget how little we know about it. Just as we are poised on the verge of exploiting the sea on an unprecedented scale - mining it, fertilizing it, fishing it out - this book reminds us of how much we have yet to learn. More than that, it chronicles the knowledge explosion that has transformed our view of the sea in just the past few decades and made it a far more interesting and accessible place.
Iceberg Sounding by Impulse Radar
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Icebergs
Languages : en
Pages : 4
Book Description
A two page report on how estimates of the draft of irregularly shaped icebergs can be obtained from the air quickly and accurately using short-pulse radar.
Proceedings
Author: Proceedings of the Conference on Use of Icebergs, Scientific and Practical Feasibility, Cambridge, UK, 1-3 April 1980
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
This conference considered the feasibility of using icebergs from the Arctic and Antarctic for water supply for arid areas. Topics include iceberg characteristics, ocean circulation, drift of icebergs, melting and preservation, transport and handling, and environmental aspects.