Of Ice and Men : How We've Used Cold to Transform Humanity by Fred Hogge ...

Of Ice and MenHow We've Used Cold to Transform Humanity\nAuthor(s): Fred Hogge\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Pegasus Books, United States\nImprint: Pegasus Books\nISBN-13: 9781639361830, 978-1639361830\nSynopsis\nA New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice\nAn exploration of humanitys relationship with ice since the dawn of civilization, Of Ice and Men reminds us that only by understanding this unique substance can we save the ice on our planetand perhaps ourselves.\n\nIce tells a story. It writes it in rock. It lays it down, snowfall by snowfall at the ends of the earth where we may read it like the rings on a tree. It tells our planets geological and climatological tale.\n Ice tells another story too: a story about us. It is a tale packed with swash-buckling adventure and improbable invention, peopled with driven, eccentric, often brilliant characters. It tells how our species has used ice to reshape the world according to our needs and our desires: how we have survived it, harves.