{"product_id":"cold-9780316042925","title":"Cold","description":"From avalanches to glaciers, from seals to snowflakes, and from Shackleton's expedition to \u003ci\u003eThe Year Without Summer\u003c\/i\u003e, Bill Streever journeys through history, myth, geography, and ecology in a year-long search for cold -- real, icy, 40-below cold. In July he finds it while taking a dip in a 35-degree Arctic swimming hole; in September while excavating our planet's ancient and not so ancient ice ages; and in October while exploring hibernation habits in animals, from humans to wood frogs to bears. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A scientist whose passion for cold runs red hot, Streever is a wondrous guide: he conjures woolly mammoth carcasses and the ice-age Clovis tribe from melting glaciers, and he evokes blizzards so wild readers may freeze -- limb by vicarious limb.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBill Streever\u003c\/b\u003e is the bestselling and award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eAnd Soon I Heard a Roaring Wind \u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCold\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eHeat\u003c\/i\u003e. As a biologist, he has worked on issues ranging from climate change to the restoration of Arctic tundra to underwater noise to the evolution of cave crayfish. With his wife and co-captain, he splits his time between Alaska and their cruising sailboat, currently in Central America.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Back Bay Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50323542966546,"sku":"9780316042925","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3e7f2511-b861-46b7-b5e7-21e89a8d807a.jpg?v=1727657652","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/cold-9780316042925","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}