The Ice at the End of the World: An Epic Journey into Greenland's Buried Past and Our Perilous Future

The Ice at the End of the World: An Epic Journey into Greenland's Buried Past and Our Perilous Future

Greenland: a remote, mysterious island five times the size of California but with a population of just 56,000. The ice sheet that covers it is 700 miles wide and 1,500 miles long, and is composed of n…

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