Silent snow
Subtitle: the slow poisoning of the Arctic
By: Marla Cone
Publisher: Grove Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 246
ISBN-13: 9780802117977; 9780802142597
Subjects: Pollution; Aspect de l'environnement; Environmental Pollution
Other titles: 1st ed.
Description: In a journey across the Arctic to find out why it is toxic, an environmental journalist reports on the dangers of pollution to fragile ecosystems; how Arctic cultures are adapting to pollution; and what solutions will prevent this crisis from getting worse.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-234) and index.
Table of contents: title: A moral compass in a vast, lonely land; title: I: The Arctic paradox; title: Blowing in the wind: a contaminant's long journey north; title: Unexpected poisons: serendipity at the top of the world; title: The world's unfortunate laboratory; title: Plight of the ice bear: top of the world, top of the food web; title: Ties that bind in Greenland; title: A fish can't feed a village: Alaska's communal hunts; title: II: Scientists seeking order out of chaos; title: Fear is toxic, too: communicating risk to Canada's Inuit; title: Into the brains of babes: searching for clues in Faroese children; title: Beyond silent spring: a global assault on sex hormones and immune systems; title: The Arctic in flux: global conspirators and the whims of climate; title: Islands of sudden change: the evolution of the Aleutians; title: III: Solutions and predictions; title: The diagnosis: scientists write a prescription; title: POPs and politics: taking the first step toward a solution; title: The chain of evil continues unbroken: the Arctic's new toxic legacies; title: Survival of the fittest: walking in the Inuits footsteps.