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Author:

White, Christopher P., 1956-

Title:

The melting world : a journey across America's vanishing glaciers / Christopher White.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

St. Martin's Press,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

272 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Subject:

Glaciers--Glacier National Park.--Glacier National Park.
Glaciers--Rocky Mountains.
Global warming--Glacier National Park.--Glacier National Park.
Global warming--Rocky Mountains.
White, Christopher P.,--1956---Travel.
Fagre, Dan.
Climatologists--United States--Biography.
Ecologists--United States--Biography.
Glacier National Park (Mont.)--Environmental conditions.
Rocky Mountains--Environmental conditions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-268).

Contents:

Year one: Into the cirque -- Years two & three: Through the looking glass -- Year four, week one: The falcon and the falconer -- Year four, week two: The cascade effect -- Year four, week three: Fire and ice -- Year four, week four: Things fall apart -- Year four, week five: A thousand words -- Year five, epilogue: The widening gyre.

ISBN:

0312546289 (hbk.)
9780312546281 (hbk.)

LCCN:

2013013453

Locations:

DXPB423 -- Dr. Grace O. Doane Alden Public Library (Alden)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

ALPE516 -- Fairfield Public Library (Fairfield)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

MBPE423 -- Robert W. Barlow Memorial Library (Iowa Falls)

IBAX173 -- North Iowa Area Community College Library (Mason City)

AXPF626 -- Oskaloosa Public Library (Oskaloosa)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

BWPD851 -- Bertha Bartlett Public Library (Story City)