In a journey across the Arctic to find out why it is toxic, an environmental journalist reports on the dangers of pollution to fragile ecosystems, how Arctic cultures are adapting to pollution, and what solutions will prevent this crisis from getting worse.
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In a journey across the Arctic to find out why it is toxic, an environmental journalist reports on the dangers of pollution to fragile ecosystems, how Arctic cultures are adapting to pollution, and what solutions will prevent this crisis from getting worse.
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Add this copy of Silent Snow: the Slow Poisoning of the Arctic to cart. $9.29, very good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Atlanta rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Austell, GA, UNITED STATES, published 2005 by Grove Press.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 6x1x9; Inscribed by author on ffep. Minor shelf wear to binding. Light wear & soiling on edges of text block. Text and images unmarked. Dj lightly shelf worn with scuffs, creases & small tears on edges in a mylar cover.
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Very Good in Fine jacket. Size: 104x16x152; Environmental journalist Cone was awarded a Pew fellowship to examine the Arctic paradox: "How, " she wondered, "could the Arctic, so innocent, primitive, so natural...be home to the most contaminated people on the planet? " What she discovered is that pollution is as global as the economy, and that industrialized nations-with their "Save the whales! " movements-are poisoning those very whales with chemical drift. In clear, engaging prose, she explains how PCBs leaking from a Chicago electrical transformer accumulate dramatically in sea mammals and people thousands of miles away. Traveling from Greenland to Alaska, she quickly finds that Power Bars and a down parka are inadequate to the Arctic, and that Inuit and Inupiat peoples rely on whales and seals for food and clothing because "nothing else is perfectly suited to their environment." In this sparsely populated territory, scientists have documented the world's swiftest ecosystem crash and mother's milk so chemically contaminated that it "could be classified as hazardous waste." But solutions are hard to find: there are no alternatives to replace contaminated food, it has become harder to ban chemicals in the U.S., and new contaminants are being introduced. Cone's sympathy with the peoples of the Arctic and her admiration for the harsh, beautiful world in which they live make this an inspiring book. And we all carry some level of the same toxins; as one Inuit says, "The chemical threat is the ultimate threat...it reaches everywhere in the world.
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Near Fine in Near Fine d/j jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Head and heel coverings bend along edges. Very light blue/green covers with shiny light blue lettering on spine. 246 pages.
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