Expeditions into a dwindling world

Researchers estimate that in less than 25 years, it will be time: by 2050, the Arctic ice will have melted, and our planet, which generations have known only with polar caps covered in eternal ice, will change forever. What consequences will the shrinking ice have for humanity? How will it affect the climate, the oceans, and our weather? Those who truly want to understand climate change should focus on the polar regions to see what they mean for our climate in Central Europe and how they are changing, along with our daily lives. Stefanie Arndt allows her readers to see the most remote regions of the Earth through her eyes. She shares the profound changes she observed on her expeditions with the Polarstern, her work as a polar researcher, and the delicate beauty of a vanishing habitat. What seems so distant suddenly feels very close: Can we still stop the irreversible effects that the melting of the polar caps would bring? And if so, how?.