Stephen J. Pyne is emeritus professor in the Biology and Society Program at Arizona State University. He is the author of Five Suns: A Fire History of Mexico (Arizona 2024), Pyrocene Park: A Journey into the Fire History of Yosemite National Park (Arizona, 2023), The Pyrocene: How We Created an Age of Fire, and What Happens Next (California, 2021), and more.

"The Ice is a compilation of more about ice than you knew you wanted to know, yet sheer compelling significance holds attention page by page..Pyne conveys a view of Antarctica that interweaves physical science with humanistic inquiry and perception. His audacity as well as his presentation warrant admiration, for the implications of The Ice are vast."

• Foreword by William CrononPreface to the 1998 Paperback EditionThe BergThe PackNo Middle Way: The Exploration of AntarcticaThe ShelfHeart of Whiteness: the Literature and Art of AntarcticaThe GlacierEarth and Ice: The Earth Sciences in AntarcticaThe SheetThe Cold Peace: The Geopolitics of AntarcticaThe SourceAfterwordNotesSourcesIndex

Stephen J. Pyne is emeritus professor in the Biology and Society Program at Arizona State University. He is the author of Five Suns: A Fire History of Mexico (Arizona 2024), Pyrocene Park: A Journey into the Fire History of Yosemite National Park (Arizona, 2023), The Pyrocene: How We Created an Age of Fire, and What Happens Next (California, 2021), and more.

"The Ice is a compilation of more about ice than you knew you wanted to know, yet sheer compelling significance holds attention page by page..Pyne conveys a view of Antarctica that interweaves physical science with humanistic inquiry and perception. His audacity as well as his presentation warrant admiration, for the implications of The Ice are vast."

• Foreword by William CrononPreface to the 1998 Paperback EditionThe BergThe PackNo Middle Way: The Exploration of AntarcticaThe ShelfHeart of Whiteness: the Literature and Art of AntarcticaThe GlacierEarth and Ice: The Earth Sciences in AntarcticaThe SheetThe Cold Peace: The Geopolitics of AntarcticaThe SourceAfterwordNotesSourcesIndex