EAN: 9783030090388

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In 2016  scientist Rosaly Lopes and artist Michael Carroll teamed up as fellows of the National
Science Foundation to travel to Mount Erebus  the world's southernmost active volcano in
Antarctica. The logistics of getting there and complex operations of Antarctica's McMurdo
Station echo the kinds of strategies that future explorers will undertake as they set up
settlements on Mars and beyond. This exciting popular-level book explores the arduous
environment of Antarctica and how it is similar to other icy worlds in the Solar System. The
bulk of this story delves into Antarctica's infrastructure  exploration  and remote camps 
culminating on the summit of Erebus. There  the authors explored the caves and ice towers on
the volcano's flanks  taking photographs and generating original art depicting scenes in
Antarctica and terrestrial analogs on other planets and moons. Readers will see an intimate
side of Mount Erebus and Antarctica while surveyingthe region's history  exploration  geology 
and volcanology  which includes research funded by the National Science Foundation's United
States Antarctic Programs. Richly illustrated with photographs and stunning paintings
showcasing the beauty of the harsh continent  the book captures the spirit and splendor of the
authors' journey to Erebus.

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