Bill Green

Water, Ice & Stone: Science and Memory on the Antarctic Lakes Bill Green

?Nature writing of a very high order . . . a joyride for those who enjoy deep explorations of logic, human frailty and the laws of nature.??San Francisco Chronicle

?[Bill Green?s] prose rings with the elemental clarity of the ice he knows so well.??PEN committee citation

A classic of contemporary nature writing, this award-winning account of Antarctica is now available for the first time in paperback. A new introduction by the author emphasizes the ecological importance of the continent within the global warming crisis.

Bill Green is a professor of interdisciplinary studies at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. He has been conducting research in Antarctica since 1968.