Portrait of the Gulf Stream

Informationen zum Autor Érik Orsenna has written seven novels and been awarded the Roger Nimier and Goncourt prizes. He was elected to the French Academy in 1998 where he occupies Jacques-Yves Cousteau's former seat. His other works to have been translated include the novel The Indies Enterprise. Klappentext Benjamin Franklin was the first scientist to map the Gulf Stream. Erik Orsenna explains his fascination with the current and more. Zusammenfassung The long term future of the Gulf Stream is now under threat; the Arctic ice is melting and the fear among oceanographers is that the cold water will not sink in the Norwegian Sea! thus switching off this transatlantic heat conveyer. This book explores the Gulf Stream! its past and its future.

Product details

• Authors: Erik Orsenna, Érik Orsenna
• Assisted by: Moishe Black (Translation)
• Publisher: Haus Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.02.2011
• EAN: 9781906598747
• ISBN: 978-1-906598-74-7
• Series: Armchair Traveller
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geology; Travel > Travelogues, traveller's tales > World, Arctic, Antarctic