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In 1969 Al Riordan, a US Exchange Scientist, joined Simon Cutfield and three other New Zealanders to spend a year at Vanda Station on the shores of Lake Vanda in the Dry Valleys of Antarctica. The men lived in a strange world?a snowless place that had not seen a glacier for millions of years. The surface of the lake was covered in 3?4 metres of permanent ice, but the temperature of the water near the bottom was +25?C. No one knew for certain why the water was so warm, and Simon?s mission was to take measurements to help solve this mystery and carry out a range of other hydrologic and earth science projects. Al?s aim was to help build a comprehensive weather record, understand the valley wind systems, and to learn why the area was snow-free. Drawing on their diaries and letters, this is a unique first-person account of life at the station as the five men carry out their daily tasks in an environment that challenges and transforms them. Supplemented with scientific appendices, the book

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