Marco Tedesco - The Hidden Life of Ice: Dispatches from a Disappearing World

Index

A

accidents involving ships in the Northwest Passage,

active sensors,

Adlie penguins disappear from Cape Denison, Antarctica,

aerial photography,

Akhlut (orca spirit),

albedo of Greenland, decreasing,

algae, in cryoconite,

Alison (hydrology expert)

and Greenland ice sheet snow,

story of a cruise ship run aground in the Northwest Passage,

Amundsen, Roald,

Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, Antarctica,

Anningan and Malina, Inuit legend of,

Antarctica

Adlie penguins disappear from Cape Denison,

distance to Europe,

dry valleys expedition,

men refer to Antarctica as virginal woman or monstrous feminine body,

telescopes in,

tourism resulting in caffeine, acetaminophen, and cocaine in the ice,

women invited to give birth in,

womens role in exploration of,

Arctic

amplification of noise,

camping in,

as deep freeze for animal skeletons,

excursions in,

sun and lack of sun,

tourism in,

tourists at the North Pole,

turquoise sky of,

See also camping in the Arctic

Arctic explorers

courage of their unsung companions,

minimal chance of rescue,

of Northwest Passage,

women,

Arctic Ocean,

Argentine Esperanza base, Antarctica,

Arrhenius, Carl Axel,

Asch, Solomon,

astrobiology,

B

bacterial chemosynthesis,

Baret, Jeanne,

bathtub model for rising sea water,

Bering Strait (Beringia),

BICEP2 (Background Imaging of Cosmic Extragalactic Polarization) satellite, Antarctica,

big bang theory,

biological microsystems in ice,

Black, James Wallace,

Black Explorer at the North Pole, A (Henson),

boat, radio-controlled, for dropping a sensor into Lago Napoli,

breakfast choices,

bytes,

C

Cabot, John,

Cale, J.J.,

camelid family in North America,

Camp Barneo, the Arctic,

camping in the Arctic

bedtime,

breakfast choices,

coffee as ritual,

dinner ritual,

getting dressed in a tent,

returning to camp after a long day,

Canadian Arctic Archipelago, . See also Northwest Passage

Cape Denison, Antarctica, Adlie penguins disappear from,

Cartier, Jacques,

Christensen, Augusta Sofie,

Christensen, Ingrid,

Christensen, Lars,

Christine (studying extreme life on glaciers)

and Greenland ice sheet snow,

noticing changes in Lago Napoli,

on polar bear at Summit camp,

reminiscing about prior expedition with Tedesco,

climate change. See global warming

climate models,

collagen, smell of,

collagen fingerprint,

color of Greenland

about,

importance of knowing,

increasing darkness of,

and near-infrared light,

shades of white and suns reflection,

and solar radiation,

spectral fingerprint of snow,

conformity experiments,

Cook, Frederick Albert,

cosmic spherules,

cotton clothing in cold areas,

critical thinking,

cryoconite holes (glacial, geometric structures),

cryoconite sludge,

cryptobiosis by tardigrades,

Crystal Serenity cruise through Northwest Passage,

D

Davis, John,

De Filippo, Eduardo,

defense industry and invention of technology,

Denison, Sir Hugh Robert,

detritus in cryoconite sludge,

digital technology

camera output to computer,

cameras,

climate models,

graphing data with,

monumental size of data collected,

three-dimensional scanner allows identification of a sliver of bone,

See also satellites; telescopes

dog sledding,

Dolomites glaciers, Italy,

Douglass, Frederick,

drones, minicameras on,

drum dances of Inuits,

dry valleys expedition, Antarctica,

E

EHT (Event Horizon Telescope) network,

electromagnetic source of light in the visible spectrum,

electromagnetic spectrum (reflection of solar energy),

environment

the battle for the,

degradation of the Arctic Ocean,

human impact on earth,

light pollution effects,

See also global warming

Europa (satellite of Jupiter),

Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) network,

explorers

Northwest Passage,

Explorers Club, New York,

F

firn (old snow),

Francis I, king of France,

Franklin, Sir John,

fresh snow reflecting sunlight,

G

geoengineering,

gigabytes,

Giovanni, Verrazzano da,

glaciers and ice caps compared to other planets,

glaciologistss common traits,

glasses designed for Greenland ice sheet,

global warming

about,

climate models,

collecting data on effect of,

equating human actions to a planetary virus,

impact on people of Greenland,

Northwest Passage opens,

Riss-Wrm interglacial period vs. current desecration of the earth,

sea ice at a record low,

sea level rise,

worms and parasites in Arctic seals,

GPS,

GRACE (Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment) satellite,

gravitation fields and rising sea water,

gravitational stage of big bang,

gravitational waves, proving existence of,

gravity sensors,

Greenland

climate change impact,

creation of,

decreasing albedo of,

dog sledding,

EHT project telescope,

and Erik the Red,

hydroelectric power plant in Ilulissat,

Inuits,

mountains of,

music,

Saqqaq settlers,

suicide rates,

sun and lack of sun,

Greenland ice sheet

creaking and cracking noises,

cryoconite holes on,

dimensions,

effect and rate of melt,

lakes on,

momentum technique for walking,

scientists drilling the ice sheet,

snow leaves minuscule cuts on hands,

sunrise,

Tedescos attraction to,

topography,

See also Lago Napoli

H

Henry VII, king of England,

Henson, Matthew Alexander,

Hudson, Henry,

human impact on earth, . See also global warming

hunting big game,

I

Ian (hydrology expert)

discussing children with Tedesco,

on polar bear at Summit camp,

singing voice of,

standing on his head to relax,

and Tedescos daydream,

ice

biological microsystems in,

cryoconite holes on the,

dimensions of Greenland ice sheet,

as lens for looking inward,

as living entity,

Patrick using as a telescope,

scientific definition of,

sea ice,

solar radiation causes melting,

static vitality of,

IceCube Neutrino Observatory, Antarctica,

indigenous cultures,

inflation stage of the big bang,

Insomnia (film),

Inuits,

Irpinia, Italy,

Italy,

K

Keck Array, Antarctica,

Kolbert, Elizabeth,

L

Lago Napoli, Greenland ice sheet

about Greenlands lakes,

collapse of,

examining the moulin,

radio-controlled boat for dropping a sensor into the middle of,

retrieving the sensor,

team arriving at,

the wait for sensor data,

Landsat,

life on other planets, contemplation of,

light pollution,

lunchtime in the field,

M

M87 galaxy, black hole in middle of,

Malaspina, Alessandro,

Malaspina Expedition,

Malina and Anningan, Inuit legend of,

meteorites in northernmost Greenland,

micrometeorites,

microwave region of the universe,

microwave sensors,