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An old truism holds that a scientific discovery has three stages: first, people deny it is true; then they deny it is important; finally, they credit the wrong person. Alfred Wegener's "discovery" of continental drift went through each stage with unusual drama. In 1915, when he published his theory that the world's continents had once come together in a single landmass before splitting apart and drifting to their current positions, the world's geologists denied and scorned it. The scientific establishment's rejection of continental drift and plate tectonic theory is a story told often and well. Yet, there is an untold side to Wegener's life: he and his famous father-in-law, Wladimir Kppen (a climatologist whose classification of climates is still in use), became fascinated with climates of the geologic past. In the early 20th century Wegener made four expeditions to the then-uncharted Greenland icecap to gather data about climate variations (Greenland ice-core sampling continues to this day). Ending in Ice is about Wegener's explorations of Greenland, blending the science of ice ages and Wegener's continental drift measurements with the story of Wegener's fatal expedition trying to bring desperately needed food and fuel to workers at the central Greenland ice station of Eismitte in 1930. Arctic exploration books with tragic endings have become all too common, but this book combines Wegener's fatal adventures in Greenland with the relevant science--now more important than ever as global climate change becomes movie-worthy ("The Day After Tomorrow").

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  • Title The Ending in Ice: The Revolutionary Idea and Tragic Expedition of Alfred Wegener
  • Author Roger M. McCoy
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 208
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Oxford University Press, U.S.A.
  • Publication date 2006-06-22
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780195188578 / 0195188578
  • Weight 1.02 lbs (0.46 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.42 x 7.2 x 0.85 in (23.93 x 18.29 x 2.16 cm)
  • Category Biography / Autobiography
  • Library of Congress subjects Continental drift, Greenland - Description and travel
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2005023509
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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Citations

  • Booklist, 07/01/2006, Page 16
  • Scitech Book News, 09/01/2006, Page 52

About the author

Roger M. McCoy is Emeritus Professor of Physical Geography at the University of Utah.

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