De la rupture des glaces du Pôle Arctique [French]

by Antoine Aubriet

In the nineteenth century, scientists were convinced that the North Pole was free of ice. This myth was fostered since the eighteenth century, when it was thought that ice came from rivers and mainly formed near coasts. Rivers supposedly carried into the north seas a prodigious amount of gla ons or 'ice cubes', which formed enormous masses of ice as they accumulated. This misconception led to an inaccurate climate theory that persisted until the beginning...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: French
• ISBN: 1108048277
• ISBN13: 9781108048279
• Release Date: June 2012
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 102 Pages
• Weight: 0.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.5" x 8.5"