Screen LibraryThe secret lives of glaciers /
Our planet has over 400,000 glaciers and ice caps scattered across its surface, some 5.8 million square miles of ice. Fascinatingly, where there are glaciers, there are people, and the two have been interacting for the entirety of human history. But we know so little about that interaction, those hu...
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Green Writers Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Brattleboro, Vermont : |
| Publication Dates: | [2019] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
Our planet has over 400,000 glaciers and ice caps scattered across its surface, some 5.8 million square miles of ice. Fascinatingly, where there are glaciers, there are people, and the two have been interacting for the entirety of human history. But we know so little about that interaction, those human stories of glaciers. The Secret Lives of Glaciers explores glacier diversity in Iceland, highlighting the rich social and cultural context and variability amongst glaciers and people. Investigating glaciers and people together teaches us about how human society experiences being in the world t |
| Carrier Form: | xiii, 277 pages : illustration ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-276). |
| ISBN: |
9780996267670 0996267670 |
| Index Number: | GB2513 |
| CLC: |
P467 P512.4 |
| Call Number: | P512.4/J134 |