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[applause] thanks all of you for coming out on this balmy evening for a conversation on the history of a very cold place. We are proud to present jon gertners new book the ice at the end of the world an epic journey into greenlandb buried past and our perilous future which tells the story of how people have encountered, muddied, settled and then unsettled by the great ice sheet thatcovers greenland , the World Largest island and of what changes to the ice sheet and tell us about the ongoing impact of Global Warming on sea levels and what it threatens the future of civilization. My name is, horse kimono, director of the Coleman Center. Take this moment to silence your cell phones. Before we begin tonight program we really must take a moment to reflect on some recent news. Last friday as many of you know, louis coleman, our founding benefactor and friend died. He was 100 years old. It was his and his wifes dorothys ingenious generosity that made this center possible. It was in fact dorot
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. we begin in south asia. a third of pakistan is underwater. that s according to the country s climate change minister, who called the devastation caused by extensive flooding a crisis of unimaginable proportions. at least 1,000 people have been killed, and 33 million are affected. that s 1 in every 7 pakistanis. provinces like sindh and balochistan in the south are the worst affected but mountainous regions in khyber pakhtunkhwa have also been badly hit. 0ur correspondent pumza filhani sent this report from the city of sukkur. a moment of quiet in the middle of chaos. inside a crowded hall, families that have been displaced by the floods in northern pakistan have found temporary refuge. for many, it was a narrow escape. translation: our houses have collapsed because - of the floods. we had a home and it was enough for us. now all our belongings are buried under 12 13 feet of water. when i left with my children, i s
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. a third of pakistan is underwater. that s according to the country s climate change minister, who called the devastation caused by extensive flooding a crisis of unimaginable proportions . at least 1,000 people have been killed, and 33 million are affected. that s one in every seven pakistanis. provinces like sindh and balochistan in the south are the worst affected, but mountainous regions have also been badly hit. 0ur correspondent pumza filhani sent this report. a moment of quiet in the middle of chaos. inside a crowded hall, families that have been displaced by the floods in northern pakistan have found temporary refuge. for many, it was a narrow escape. translation: our houses have collapsed because - of the floods. we had a home and it was enough for us. now all our belongings are buried under 12 13 feet of water. when i left with my children, i saw my house collapse. the rivers are swelling, and all many c