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September 2023 Non-Fiction Book of the Month
Presented as a splendid large-format hardback, Mission: Arctic journeys deep into the furthest reaches of one of the world’s lesser-explored eco-systems. Revealing previously unknown facts about how and why the arctic is changing at such an alarming rate, and the importance of these changes, this is science at its most engaging, courtesy of Katharina Weiss-Tuider’s lucid text and Christian Schneider’s evocative, detail-rich illustrations.
Through the pages of Mission: Arctic, after boarding the powerful Polarstern research vessel, readers join “the biggest arctic expedition of all time.” The purpose of the mission is to find out “what’s going on with climate change” through collecting data in an inhospitable world of ice, extreme cold, and deep darkness.
Stunningly designed, and fuelled by a sense of environmental urgency as it shares context about the interconnectedness of eco-systems alongside significant new insights, Mission: Arctic will absorb young environmentalists and science-mad readers of 8 and upwards.
Joanne Owen
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Mission: Arctic A Scientific Adventure to a Changing North Pole Synopsis
For kids 8 to 13, join the largest Arctic expedition ever undertaken-and discover the secrets hidden deep in the ice that reveal how one of the world's crucial ecosystems is changing.
The Arctic is changing-fast. The once-frozen landscape is melting before our eyes, and the effects can be felt around the world. But the Arctic is also the region we know the least about. Thick ice, extreme cold, and total darkness have always prevented scientists from uncovering its secrets.
Until now.
This science-based guide for middle readers follows the 2019 MOSAiC expedition on the largest expedition to the Arctic ever undertaken. On board the Polarstern, a powerful ice-breaker research vessel, more than five hundred scientists from all over the world turned their attention to this mysterious region.
Their mission? To let their vessel freeze in the sea ice and drift towards the North Pole in order to study how the Arctic is changing, and how these changes will affect our world.
Mission: Arctic features:
Filled with photographs from the expedition
Thrilling facts, illustrations, diagrams, and fact bars about the polar region
The dangerous conditions the scientists endured, from freezing temperatures to terrifying storms and polar bears
The important discoveries made on the mission
Through this thrilling book, readers will discover the Arctic ice is not as permanent as we thought, and what happens in the Arctic doesn't stay in the Arctic. The knowledge gathered on the Polarstern has the power to determine our planet's future-if only we pay attention.
Translated by Shelley Tanaka
About This Edition
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9781771649568 |
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7th September 2023 |
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Katharina Weiss-Tuider |
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Christian Schneider |
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Greystone Books,Canada |
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Hardback |
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128 pages |
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About Katharina Weiss-Tuider
Katharina Weiss-Tuider writes about the environment, climate, food and agriculture. She accompanied the MOSAiC Expedition as communications manager at the Alfred Wegener Institute. The protection of the Arctic has become especially important to her ever since she saw her first polar bear in the wild.
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