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Not many people would find spending a winter in a research station at the South Pole – one of the most inhospitable environments in the world – an attractive prospect. In winter, temperatures can sink to -80°C/-112.0°F, and darkness reigns for six months. On the other hand, however, you can see the most spectacular displays of polar lights in the world there, hear the echo of the Big Bang and discover what comradeship and teamwork really mean. Robert Schwarz, who spent more than thirteen and a half years at the South Pole, takes us with him to the amazing and unique world of the Antarctic.
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Robert Schwarz studied physics, mathematics and chemistry, then happened to land a job at the geographic South Pole – and stayed there. Fifteen winters long, he was responsible for a telescope located at 90 degrees latitude south, witnessed various changes and the first medical evacuation from the Pole in winter. No-one has spent more time at the South Pole than he has.
Felicitas Mokler is a qualified astrophysicist who has had a passion for astronomy since her youth. After several years in research, she now works as a scientific journalist. In 2008, she received the ‘Klaus Tschira Prize for Understandable Science’. In 2012, she became editor of a scientific magazine and since 2014, she has worked for media such as Spektrum der Wissenschaft, the Neue Zürcher or the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Her book Astronomy and the Universe was published recently.
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- Publisher Knesebeck Verlag
- Publication Date September 2022
- Orginal LanguageGerman
- ISBN/Identifier 9783957285812
- Publication Country or regionGermany
- Pages256
- ReadershipGeneral
- Publish StatusPublished
- Original Language TitleUnter den Polarlichtern der Antarktis
- Copyright Year2022
- Dimensions21 x 13.6 cm
- Illustration90
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