Luyendyk Bruce
Luyendyk Bruce - Mighty Bad Land A Perilous Expedition To Antarctica Reveals Clues To An Eighth Continent - Hardcover
Luyendyk Bruce - Mighty Bad Land A Perilous Expedition To Antarctica Reveals Clues To An Eighth Continent - Hardcover
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Description: A tale of grit and real teamwork in the wilds of Antarctica when the hunger for knowledge reigns supreme. Anything can happen in a pure wilderness experienced by few humans a place where unseen menace waits everywhere. This story is an unembellished account of a scientist and his team exploring the last place on Earth. But unlike most recent books on Antarctica the reader becomes embedded with geologist Bruce Luyendyk's team. They share the challenges companionship failures bravery and success brought to light from scientific research pursued in an unforgiving place Marie Byrd Land or Mighty Bad Land. The geologists make surprising discoveries. Luyendyk realizes that vast submarine plateaus in the southwest Pacific are continental pieces that broke away from the Marie Byrd Land sector of Gondwana. He coined Zealandia to describe this newly recognized submerged continent. Only the tops of its mountains poke above sea level to host the nation of New Zealand. This stunning revelation of a submerged eighth continent promises economic and geopolitical consequences reverberating into the twenty - first century. The story occurs in the 1990s and fills a gap in the timeline of Antarctic exploration between the Heroic Age the age of military exploration and before the modern era of science. Danger is exponentially greater isolation a constant threat without GPS satellite phones and the internet. As the expedition's leader Luyendyk stands up to his demons that surface under the extreme duress of his experience like nearly losing two team members.
Title: Mighty Bad Land A Perilous Expedition To Antarctica Reveals Clues To An Eighth Continent
Author(s): Luyendyk Bruce
Publisher: Permuted Press
Barcode: 9781637588437
Pages: 320 Pages
Publication Date: 5/30/2023
Category: Biography: General
Description: A tale of grit and real teamwork in the wilds of Antarctica when the hunger for knowledge reigns supreme. Anything can happen in a pure wilderness experienced by few humans a place where unseen menace waits everywhere. This story is an unembellished account of a scientist and his team exploring the last place on Earth. But unlike most recent books on Antarctica the reader becomes embedded with geologist Bruce Luyendyk's team. They share the challenges companionship failures bravery and success brought to light from scientific research pursued in an unforgiving place Marie Byrd Land or Mighty Bad Land. The geologists make surprising discoveries. Luyendyk realizes that vast submarine plateaus in the southwest Pacific are continental pieces that broke away from the Marie Byrd Land sector of Gondwana. He coined Zealandia to describe this newly recognized submerged continent. Only the tops of its mountains poke above sea level to host the nation of New Zealand. This stunning revelation of a submerged eighth continent promises economic and geopolitical consequences reverberating into the twenty - first century. The story occurs in the 1990s and fills a gap in the timeline of Antarctic exploration between the Heroic Age the age of military exploration and before the modern era of science. Danger is exponentially greater isolation a constant threat without GPS satellite phones and the internet. As the expedition's leader Luyendyk stands up to his demons that surface under the extreme duress of his experience like nearly losing two team members.
Title: Mighty Bad Land A Perilous Expedition To Antarctica Reveals Clues To An Eighth Continent
Author(s): Luyendyk Bruce
Publisher: Permuted Press
Barcode: 9781637588437
Pages: 320 Pages
Publication Date: 5/30/2023
Category: Biography: General
