[PDF.24yp] Living Ice: Understanding Glaciers and Glaciation

Living Ice: Understanding Glaciers and Glaciation

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 | #2214763 in Books |  Cambridge University Press |  1991-06-28 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.69 x.51 x7.44l,.99 | File type: PDF | 248 pages

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||3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.| Excellent introduction for the layperson|By S. D. Weitzenhoffer|The author lucidly explains the basics of glaciers and glaciation, and the book can serve as a branching-off point for further study, or as a terminus for a layperson wishing to expand his knowledge of glaciers and glacial landscapes. As a lay-level book, I would categorize it as accessible to a high school level s| |of the hardback: 'It's a delight to read a book by a writer who is tops in the world on his subject. Bob Sharp has studied glaciers at first-hand - camped on them, struggled up and down them and flown over them for forty years. Nobody is better qualified to

Glaciers, so simple in chemical composition, are actually complex, vital entities. Far from being a passive chunk of ice, a glacier is a dynamic system, sensitive to its surroundings and constantly changing to adapt to its environment. An appreciation of the natural beauty of glaciers are created, how they behave, how they affect the environment and how they are eventually destroyed. Few people are untouched by glaciers. A significant part of the world's population inhab...

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