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Film, Video My Winter in Greenland & Summer in Antarctica

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Title

  • My Winter in Greenland & Summer in Antarctica

Summary

  • The Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets contain 99 percent of the Earth's fresh-water ice, according to NASA scientist Lora Koenig. Changes to these regions can profoundly affect sea level and the rate at which the Earth's climate warms or cools, placing them at the heart of research into the planet's future. To understand the current state of the ice sheets and to model the future, scientists spend months at a time on the ice in challenging darkness, frigid temperatures and high winds. Koenig, who is one of these scientists, will discuss how they must learn to solve practical problems of survival and travel through extreme environments while they take precise measurements with specially-designed instruments.

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • Library of Congress. Science, Technology, and Business Division, sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2012-09-12.

Headings

  • -  Environment, Conservation
  • -  Science, Technology

Notes

  • -  Classification: Science.
  • -  Lora Koenig.
  • -  Recorded on 2012-09-12.
  • -  Researchers.
  • -  Teachers.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021688948

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

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Library Of Congress, and Technology Library Of Congress. Science. My Winter in Greenland & Summer in Antarctica. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -09-12, 2012. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021688948/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress & Library Of Congress. Science, T. (2012) My Winter in Greenland & Summer in Antarctica. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -09-12. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021688948/.

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Library Of Congress, and Technology Library Of Congress. Science. My Winter in Greenland & Summer in Antarctica. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -09-12, 2012. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021688948/>.