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Cold: Adventures in the World’s Frozen Places

Bill Streever

A narrative account of the author's forays into some of the world's coldest regions describes his encounter with an Arctic swimming hole, investigations into ancient and more recent ice ages, and examinations of animal hibernation habits.

Nature & EnvironmentNature & Environment · medium confidenceNature & Environment81 signalsLlm Classifier: Nature & Environment -> Nature & EnvironmentOpen Library: Science -> ScienceOpen Library: Arctic regions, discovery and exploration -> ScienceClimate, Weather & DisasterScience & DiscoveryEnvironment, Conservation & Pollution

Award History

0 wins · 1 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Science and TechnologyMajor2009FinalistSecondary source
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  1. 01 Central figures

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  2. 02 Central places

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  3. 03 Suggested argument

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  4. 04 Reading orientation

    25 / 100 academic

    Serious trade

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Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 35%.