How Long to Read The Hidden Life of Ice: Dispatches from a Disappearing World

How Long Does it Take to Read The Hidden Life of Ice: Dispatches from a Disappearing World?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 34 minutes to read The Hidden Life of Ice: Dispatches from a Disappearing World by Alberto Flores d'Arcais

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

For most of us, the Arctic is a vast, alien landscape; for research scientist Marco Tedesco, it is his laboratory, his life’s work—and the most beautiful, most endangered place on Earth. Marco Tedesco is a world-leading expert on Arctic ice decline and climate change. In The Hidden Life of Ice, he invites us to Greenland, where he and his fellow scientists are doggedly researching the dramatic changes afoot. Following the arc of his typical day in the field, he unearths the surprising secrets just beneath the icy surface—from evidence of long-extinct “polar camels” to the fantastically weird microorganisms that live in freezing cryoconite holes—as well as critical clues about the future of our planet. Not just a student of its secrets, Tedesco is an acolyte of the Arctic’s beauty—its “magnificence and fragility,” as Elizabeth Kolbert writes in her foreword. Alongside the sobering facts on climate change, Tedesco shares stunning photographs of this surreal landscape— as well as captivating legends of Greenland’s earliest local populations, epic deeds of long-ago Arctic explorers, and his own moving reflections. This is an urgent tribute to an awe-inspiring place that may be gone all too soon.

How long is The Hidden Life of Ice: Dispatches from a Disappearing World?

The Hidden Life of Ice: Dispatches from a Disappearing World by Alberto Flores d'Arcais is 153 pages long, and a total of 38,709 words.

This makes it 52% the length of the average book. It also has 47% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Hidden Life of Ice: Dispatches from a Disappearing World Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 31 minutes to read The Hidden Life of Ice: Dispatches from a Disappearing World aloud.

What Reading Level is The Hidden Life of Ice: Dispatches from a Disappearing World?

The Hidden Life of Ice: Dispatches from a Disappearing World is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

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