Open AccessSea Legs
Author(s) -
Macdonald Kenneth C.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2003eo390013
Subject(s) - adventure , oceanography , the arctic , arctic , geography , geology , history , art history
Forty‐foot, storm‐swept seas, Spitzbergen polar bears roaming vast expanses of Arctic ice, furtive exchanges of forbidden manuscripts in Cold War Moscow, the New York city fashion scene, diving in mini‐subs to the sea floor hot srings, life with the astronauts, romance and heartbreak, and invading the last bastions of male exclusivity: all are present in this fast‐moving, non‐fiction account of one woman' fascinating adventures in the world of marine geology and oceanography.