Breaking Ice

Download or read book Breaking Ice written by Terry McMillan and published by Penguin Books. This book was released on 1990-10-01 with total page 722 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edited by the critically acclaimed Terry McMillan, the award-winning author of five previous novels and recipient of the Essence Award for Excellence in Literature, this is a striking collection of works from contemporary African-American authors, both established and emerging. This is the first original anthology of African-American writing in over a decade. Featuring works by over fifty African-American writers and a preface by John Edgar Wideman, this amazing anthology showcases some of our best contemporary writers, including: Terry McMillan, Clarence Major, Wanda Coleman, Ntozake Shange, John A. Wiliams, Barbara Summers, Ishmael Reed, and Al Young.

Download or read book Breaking Ice written by Arctic Institute of North America and published by University of Calgary Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "From the pressures of development, technological advances, globalization and climate change to social and cultural life, this book attempts to define the nature of competing demands and assess their impact on the environment. These essays provide a detailed examination of ocean and coastal management in the Canadian north, exploring a wide range of issues critical to environmental stewardship, and breaking the ice to connect academics, government managers, policy-makers, aboriginal groups and industry." --Book Jacket.

Download or read book Breaking Ice for Arctic Oil written by Ross Coen and published by University of Alaska Press. This book was released on 2012-04-15 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1969, an icebreaking tanker, the SS Manhattan, was commissioned by Humble Oil to transit the Northwest Passage in order to test the logistical and economic feasibility of an all-marine transportation system for Alaska North Slope crude oil. Proposed as an alternative to the Trans-Alaska Pipeline, the Manhattan made two voyages to the North American Arctic and collected volumes of scientific data on ice conditions and the behavior of ships in ice. Although the Manhattan successfully navigated the Northwest Passage—closing a five-hundred-year chapter of Arctic exploration by becoming the first commercial vessel to do so—the expedition ultimately demonstrated the impracticality of moving crude oil using icebreaking ships. Breaking Ice for Arctic Oil details this historic voyage, establishing its significant impact on the future of marine traffic and resource development in the Arctic and setting the stage for the current oil crisis.

Download or read book The Art of Breaking Ice written by Rachael Mead and published by Affirm Press. This book was released on 2023-06-27 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1960, when the legendary icebreaker Magga Dan set sail for Antarctica, it contained a secret. Hiding on board was Nel Law, wife of expedition leader Phillip Law. She would make history by becoming the first Australian woman to set foot on the icy continent, but it was her art that would change everything. Though a talented artist, Nel has always been defined by her role as 'the explorer's wife', but in the clear expanse of the Southern Ocean, her true self is finally allowed to emerge. Despite misogyny from the all-male crew and increasing resentment from her mercurial husband, Nel's art begins to flourish. Her new friend, a gentle ornithologist, encourages her to explore, but as the ship ploughs on towards Antarctica, rumours swirl, threatening her marriage and the tenuous peace between the controlling Phillip and his crew. In the clear, white light of the south, Nel will be forced to confront the truth of herself and the man to whom she has dedicated her life. This stunning reimagining of Nel Law's life reveals a ground-breaking artist searching for freedom in a world where women's lives were still defined by their husbands.

Download or read book Breaking the Ice written by Elizabeth Riddell-Dixon and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2017-04-22 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Hill Times: Best Books of 2017 The Arctic seabed, with its vast quantities of undiscovered resources, is the twenty-first century’s frontier. In Breaking the Ice: Canada, Sovereignty and the Arctic Extended Continental Shelf, Arctic policy expert Elizabeth Riddell-Dixon examines the political, legal, and scientific aspects of Canada’s efforts to delineate its Arctic extended continental shelf. The quality and quantity of the data collected and analyzed by the scientists and legal experts preparing Canada’s Arctic Submission for the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf, and the extensive collaboration with Canada’s Arctic neighbours is a good news story in Canadian foreign policy. As Arctic sovereignty continues to be a key concern for Canada and as the international legal regime is being observed by all five Arctic coastal states, it is crucial to continue to advance our understanding of the complex issues around this expanding area of national interest.

Download or read book Break ICE - The SYSO Way written by Mohan Aakula and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2021-02-17 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: AFTER YOU CALL EMERGENCY AND BEFORE IT ARRIVES It is those vital moments, those few minutes, sometimes those golden seconds during which, proper first aid is administered that decides between life and death. We are in a world where everything is on the move at high speeds. In these times of advanced technology and heavy loads, terrorist activities and natural disasters galore, anything can happen anywhere and anyhow to anybody. Caution is restricted to the boards. Factories, construction sites, in the fields and on the roads or just about anywhere has become a place of threat. Every area has become an accident prone zone. IN CASE OF EMERGENCY (ICE) - YOU HAVE TO ACT FAST AND BE PREPARED. Everyone should know about first aid - the life saving essential tool - for others and for yourselves learn first aid techniques – it helps and saves lives. This book is designed as precisely as possible in bullets. Keep this book handy along with a first aid kit. This book would be of great help to service oriented or social service organizations that may want to work as volunteers during relief operations, to train themselves and others.

Download or read book Breaking Ice written by Terry McMillan and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1990-10-01 with total page 721 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edited by the critically acclaimed Terry McMillan, the award-winning author of five previous novels and recipient of the Essence Award for Excellence in Literature, this is a striking collection of works from contemporary African-American authors, both established and emerging. This is the first original anthology of African-American writing in over a decade. Featuring works by over fifty African-American writers and a preface by John Edgar Wideman, this amazing anthology showcases some of our best contemporary writers, including: Terry McMillan, Clarence Major, Wanda Coleman, Ntozake Shange, John A. Wiliams, Barbara Summers, Ishmael Reed, and Al Young.