Finding Mars

Rozell, Ned

ISBN 10: 1602231222 / ISBN 13: 9781602231221

Published by University of Chicago Press, 2011

About this Item

Provides an account of a man driven not just by the desire to fill in the blank spots on a map but also to learn everything he can about them - and a ringing testament to the power of science, enthusiasm, and individual inspiration. Num Pages: 256 pages, 128 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1KBBWK; PDZ; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 318. . 2011. First Edition. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Finding Mars
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1602231222
• ISBN 13: 9781602231221
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

Finding Mars is an interwoven tale of science, travel, and adventure, as science writer Ned Rozell accompanies permafrost researcher—and inveterate wanderer—Kenji Yoshikawa on a 750-mile trek by snowmobile through the Alaska wilderness.  Along the way, Rozell learns about Yoshikawa’s fascinating life, from his boyhood in Tokyo to the youthful wanderlust that led him to push a wheeled cart across the Sahara, ski to the South Pole, and take a sailboat into the frozen reaches of the Arctic Ocean, spending a winter frozen in the ice near Barrow. It’s an always on-the-move account of a man driven not just by the desire to fill in the blank spots on a map, but also to learn everything he can about them—and a ringing testament to the power of science, enthusiasm, and individual inspiration.

About the Author

Ned Rozell is a science writer for the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute. He has written for the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, the Anchorage Daily News, Mushing magazine, the Kenai Peninsula Clarion, and other venues.