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Mountains of Madness: A Scientist's Odyssey in Antarctica
Mountains of Madness A Scientist's Odyssey in Antarctica Author:John Long, Foreword by Tim Bowden Mountains of Madness is a moving tale of science, exploration, and human endurance. It is the story of how real science is practiced in a unique and demanding setting. Rather than a presentation of research findings, this book recounts what life is like in the field, where scientists come close to sacrificing their very lives for the sake of a... more »dvancing human knowledge. Like the polar explorers from the early 1900s in whose footsteps they follow, this team of scientists face the unknown and the unpredictable in the pure and simple quest for knowledge.« less