A Wilder Time: Notes from a Geologist at the Edge of the Greenland Ice

from kcshankd

This in amazing work, an homage to field work perhaps second to only Steinbeck's Log of the Sea of Cortez. I felt the bounce of the boat and chill of the ice. I too have looked down at the soaring raptor and entered their world. The paragraphs on the voice of the tide may be my favorite passage e...

from mykl-s

A Wilder Time, is a geological detective story, a memoir, and most importantly, a meditation on the importance of wilderness. William E. Glassley writes about the smell of ice, the perfume of tundra plants, the sights and sounds and tastes and feel of everything he experiences on a month-long ex...

from DavidWineberg

A gem in Greenland A Wilder Time is a lyrical yet scientific appreciation of Greenland and what it has to say about Earth. William Glassley takes us along on a summer expedition to discover what Greenland actually is in paleo terms. His team of three finds that Greenland was there at the clash of...

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It is hard to sense the awe, raw beauty, and self-insignificance experienced in a wilderness while sitting in a city, but this book makes that possible. I had some difficulty following all of the geology before reading the epilogue but that didn't diminish my appreciation of the book. A poignant ...

from jamesgwld

William Glassley is an Earth scientist that has published scientific papers for the past forty years. Glassley's new book, A Wilder Time, moves away from scientific dialect and instead invites the reader to venture into a poetic, visual journey into Greenland. This is not a book to learn geology ...