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Surviving the Extremes

2004-12-28 Science
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Release : 2004-12-28
Genre : Science
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Book Synopsis Surviving the Extremes by : Kenneth Kamler

Download or read book Surviving the Extremes written by Kenneth Kamler. This book was released on 2004-12-28. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Surviving the Extremes brings personal experience and scientific knowledge together beautifully, giving us narrative that are powerful, moving, and very real." -Oliver Sacks A true-life scientific thriller no reader will forget, Surviving the Extremes takes us to the farthest reaches of the earth as well as into the uncharted territory within the human body, spirit, and brain. A vice president of the legendary Explorers Club, as well as surgeon, explorer, and masterful storyteller, Dr. Kenneth Kamler has spent years discovering what happens to the human body in extreme environmental conditions. Divided into six sections—jungle, high seas, desert, underwater, high altitude, and outer space—this book uses firsthand testimony and documented accounts to investigate the science of what a body goes through and explains why people survive—and why they sometimes don’t.

Surviving Extremes

2012-08-23 Travel
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Release : 2012-08-23
Genre : Travel
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Book Rating : 445/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Surviving Extremes by : Nick Middleton

Download or read book Surviving Extremes written by Nick Middleton. This book was released on 2012-08-23. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'A brilliant read... that illustrated the strong will and determination of man in the face of everything that nature had to throw at us' Wanderlust Nick Middleton, the intrepid Oxford don, explorer and author of Going to Extremes is back, and he's set himself a challenge to cope with the worst that nature can throw at him in Surviving Extremes. Travelling to four of the most extreme natural environments: swamps, deserts, jungles and arctic wastelands, the question is, can he pick up enough tips from the indigenous people to hack it at the very edge of human existence, or will his mid latitude sensibilities forever let him down? This is Nick's account of how he had to put his body and mind to the test in a unique survival experiment.

Life at the Extremes

2002-03-18 Science
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Release : 2002-03-18
Genre : Science
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Book Rating : 208/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Life at the Extremes by : Frances Ashcroft

Download or read book Life at the Extremes written by Frances Ashcroft. This book was released on 2002-03-18. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the limits of human survival and the physiological adaptations that enable us to exist under extreme conditions. The author reviews limits to human life underwater, at high altitudes, at high speeds, at micro levels, and at freezing and hot temperatures.

Life at Extremes

2012 Science
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Release : 2012
Genre : Science
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Book Rating : 143/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Life at Extremes by : Elanor Bell

Download or read book Life at Extremes written by Elanor Bell. This book was released on 2012. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From arid deserts to icy poles, outer space to the depths of the sea, this exciting new work studies the remarkable life forms that have made these inhospitable environments their home. Covering not only micro-organisms, but also higher plants and animals such as worms, fish and polar plants, this book details the ecological, biological and biogeochemical challenges these organisms face and unifying themes between environments. Equally useful for the expert, student and casual scientific reader, this book also explores the impact of climate change, rapid seasonal changes and pollution on these extraordinary creatures.

Extremes

2015-03-10 Travel
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Release : 2015-03-10
Genre : Travel
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Book Synopsis Extremes by : Nick Middleton

Download or read book Extremes written by Nick Middleton. This book was released on 2015-03-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Humans have a remarkable knack for surviving harsh environments. But how do people really endure the world's most remote and inhospitable landscapes, where nature still reigns and where the physical geography is raw and unforgiving? In Extremes, renowned geographer and travel writer Nick Middleton puts his body and mind to the test in an attempt to find the answer. His mission is to learn how to cope with four especially horrendous habitats. Through arctic wasteland, jungle, desert, and swamp, Nick pits himself against the elements and explains the geographical conditions that conspire to produce the world's harshest ecologies. He also discovers the various human quirks that people have evolved to make life at the edge bearable. In northern Greenland, Nick joins a group of Inuits hunting for narwhal, crucial to the group's survival, on the edge of fragile sea ice, while in the jungle he ventures into Congo's tropical forest, home of the Biaka pygmies. He joins the annual crossing of the Tenere desert by the women of the Tubu tribe to collect dates and then travels to Papua, one of the least explored places on earth, to find the Kombai people, a remote group of tree house dwellers above the Asmat region's flood plain. Extremes is Nick Middleton's amazing account of four of the most unwelcoming environments on earth. Can he pick up enough tips from the indigenous people of these locations to hack it at the very edge of human existence, or will his mid-latitude sensibilities forever let him down?

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