Little Ice Age [videorecording] : big chill / The History Channel ; produced by Ron Nelson ; produced by Actuality Productions Inc., History Television Network Productions.
Format:
[videorecording] :
Publisher:
sd.col. ;
Copyright Date:
4 3/4 in
Description:
[New York, N.Y.?] : A&E Television Networks, c2005.
"Scientists call it the Little Ice Age--but its impact was anything but small. From 1300 to 1850, a period of cataclysmic cold caused havoc. It froze Viking colonists in Greenland, accelerated the Black Death in Europe, decimated the Spanish Armada, and helped trigger the French Revolution. The Little Ice Age reshaped the world in ways that now seem the stuff of fantasy--New York Harbor froze and people walked from Manhattan to Staten Island, Eskimos sailed kayaks as far south as Scotland, and 'the year without a summer' saw two feet of snow fall on New England one June and July. Could another catastrophic cold snap strike in the 21st century? Leading climatologists offer the latest theories, and scholars and historians recreate the history that could be a glimpse of things to come. Face the cold, hard truth of the past--an era that may be a window to our future"--Publisher description.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)62875015
Locations:
UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Des Moines)
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.