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The lamentations of Zeno / by Trojanow, Ilija,author.(CARDINAL)640644; Boehm, Philip,translator.(CARDINAL)769802;
"Bavarian glaciologist Zeno Hintermeier is taking his last voyage to the Antarctic as a lecturer on board an international cruise ship. He attends to the curiosity of a privileged few as they marvel at the least explored continent and pay witness to its rapid degradation. In his early sixties, Zeno mourns the loss of his beloved glaciers, the disintegration of his loveless marriage, and the crumbling of his increasingly irrelevant career (he compares giving lectures on glaciers to "teaching veterinarians who had specialized in the subject of dinosaurs.") The desperate Zeno hatches a horrifying plan, and driven to the brink, he is convinced that his only option is to shake his fellow passengers out of their complacency and send a wake-up call to the world. With poignant, playful prose, The Lamentations of Zeno is a portrait of a man in extremis, a haunting tale that looks at the greatest challenge of our age from a uniquely human angle"--
Subjects: Political fiction.; Novels.; Glaciologists; Glaciers;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Antarctica ice and sky [videorecording] / by Jacquet, Luc,film director.(CARDINAL)549178; Lorius, Claude.(CARDINAL)522391; CNRS Images.; Eskwad (Firm); Kering (Firm); Music Box Films,publisher.; Pathé frères (France); Wild-Touch Productions.;
Claude Lorius encountered his destiny at age 23 in the Antarctic. The film retraces his life's journey, from his first steps as a young glaciologist to the crowning moment of his glittering career, winning the Blue Planet Prize.DVD.
Subjects: Biographical films.; Documentary films.; Feature films.; Nonfiction films.; Lorius, Claude.; Glaciologists;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Antarctica: ice and sky = [videorecording] La glace et le ciel / by Aufort, Cyrille,composer.; Grandpierre, Richard,film producer.; Jacquet, Luc,film director,screenwriter.(CARDINAL)549178; Lorius, Claude.(CARDINAL)522391; Mazalaigue, Stéphane,film editor.; Seydoux, Jérôme,film producer.; CNRS Images,production company.; Eskwad (Firm),production company.; Kering (Firm),production company.; Music Box Films,publisher.; Orange cinéma séries (Firm),production company.(CARDINAL)849639; Pathé frères (France),production company.; Wild-Touch Productions,production company.;
Musique originale, Cyrille Aufort ; image, Stéphane Martin ; montage, Stéphane Mazalaigue ; producteur exécutif, Frédéric Doniguian.Claude Lorius encountered his destiny at age 23 in the Antarctic. The film retraces his life's journey, from his first steps as a young glaciologist to the crowning moment of his glittering career, winning the Blue Planet Prize.DVD, region 1, widescreen 1.85.
Subjects: Biographical films.; Documentary films.; Feature films.; Nonfiction films.; Lorius, Claude.; Glaciologists; Foreign.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Glaciers / by Webster, Christine,author.(CARDINAL)664579;
Studying glaciers -- The glacier's body -- Glaciers by size -- Glaciers by location -- Glacier movement -- Glaciers around the world -- Rocky road -- Glacial deposits and lakes -- Icebergs -- What is a glaciologist? -- Glacier quiz -- Science in action.810LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Glaciers; Water;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Last chance for Paris / by McNicoll, Sylvia,1954-(CARDINAL)662851;
When forced to spend the summer with her twin brother and their glaciologist father in the mountainous region of Last Chance Pass, Zanna takes in an injured puppy she names Paris. But when her brother goes missing, what had begun as a boring and rustic inconvenience turns into a matter of life and death.Accelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Fiction.; Dogs; Families;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Girl in ice / by Ferencik, Erica,author.;
"From the author of The River at Night and Into the Jungle comes a harrowing new thriller as a linguist, broken-hearted after the apparent suicide of her glaciologist brother, ventures hundreds of miles north of the Arctic Circle to try to communicate with a young girl who has thawed from the ice alive."--
Subjects: Survival fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Thrillers (Fiction); Detective and mystery fiction.; Novels.; Women linguists; Siblings; Suicide; Communication; Siblings.;
Available copies: 52 / Total copies: 56
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Secrets of the ice : Antarctica's clues to climate, the universe, and the limits of life / by Meduna, Veronika.(CARDINAL)419316;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 210-218) and index.A land of ice -- Uncovering the past -- Life on ice -- True Antarcticans -- Oasis in a frozen desert -- Beyond the ice.Antarctica is the only continent without permanent human habitation, yet it may hold the key to our survival. Meduna shows how geologists and glaciologists learn about the implications of today's climate change for the future; how scientists study migration patterns of emperor penguins or examine the microbial evidence that may reveal how life evolved on Earth-- and what it may look like on other planets--
Subjects: Climatic changes; Ecology; Scientific expeditions;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The split [large print] / by Bolton, Sharon,author.(CARDINAL)348917;
The remote Antarctic island of South Georgia is about to send off its last boat of the summer--good news for resident glaciologist Felicity Lloyd, who lives in fear that her ex-husband will find her. She took the job on this isolated island in order to hide from him, but now that he's out of prison after having served a term for murder, she knows he won't give up until he finds her. Meanwhile, a doctor researching the background of their relationship learns that Felicity has been on the edge for a long time, and the only way he can think to help her is to head to South Georgia to reach her first.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Large print books.; Novels.; Divorced women; Isolation (Philosophy); Runaway women; Secrecy; Secrecy.;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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Whiteout / by Anders, Adriana,author.(CARDINAL)630456; Container of (work):Ruggle, Katie.On his watch.;
"Angel Smith is finally ready to leave Antarctica for a second chance at life. But on what was meant to be her last day, the remote research station she's been calling home is attacked. Hunted and scared, she and irritatingly gorgeous glaciologist Ford Cooper barely make it out with their lives...only to realize that in a place this remote, there's nowhere left to run. Isolated with no power, no way to contact the outside world, and a madman on their heels, Angel and Ford must fight to survive in the most inhospitable--and beautiful--place on earth. But what starts as a partnership born of necessity quickly turns into an urgent connection that burns bright and hot. They both know there's little chance of making it out alive, and yet they are determined to weather the coming storm--no matter the cost."--page 4 of cover
Subjects: Romance fiction.; Thrillers (Fiction); Women cooks; Scientists; Wilderness survival; Man-woman relationships;
Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 10
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The split / by Bolton, Sharon,author.(CARDINAL)348917;
"No matter how far you run, some secrets will always catch up with you... The remote Antarctic island of South Georgia is about to send off its last boat of the summer - which signifies safety to resident glaciologist Felicity Lloyd. Felicity lives in fear - fear that her ex-husband Freddie will find her, even out here. She took a job on this isolated island to hide from him, but now that he's out of prison, having served a term for murder, she knows he won't give up until he finds her. But a doctor delving into the background of Felicity and Freddie's relationship, back in Cambridge, learns that Felicity has been on the edge for a long time. Heading to South Georgia himself to try and get to her first is the only way he can think of to help her. Tense, gripping and with a twist you won't see coming, Sharon Bolton is back in an explosive new standalone thriller about a woman on the run"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Runaway women; Divorced women; Isolation (Philosophy); Secrecy; Secrecy.;
Available copies: 25 / Total copies: 27
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