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This all-new book presents Alaska's rivers of ice from Southeast Alaska to the Brooks Range to the Aleutian Islands. Author Bruce Molnia profiles glaciers, from huge Malaspina, larger than Rhode Island, to small, unnamed cirque glaciers cupped in mountain peaks, while photos offer views of interior and tidewater glaciers, elusive ice worms, ice caves, and glacier exploration. Find out about new research, learn techniques for safely crossing glaciers, and explore surging glaciers. With illustrated glossary and index.
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From the shattering roar of calving tidewater glaciers to the frigid world of the tiny ice worm, Glaciers of Alaska brings to life the awesome formations that are one of the Earth's most magnificent features. Useful maps, an illustrated glossary, and dozens of spectacular full-color photographs clearly explain the exotic vocabulary of glacier anatomy and the complexity and wonder of these massive rivers of ice. Learn how features such as arêtes, bergschrunds, and fiords are formed and the difference between eskers and moraines. Explore the elaborate geometry of ogives, cirques, and séracs. Discover the curious phenomenon of glacial plucking, the dramatic dynamism of surges and jokulhlaups, and the physics behind the intense blue beauty of glacier ice. Glaciers of Alaska examines the paleoenvironmental information exposed with the melting of 8,000-year-old snow patches and questions what these clues to the past reveal about ancient hunters and their prey. Short essays investigate the economics of harvesting and selling glacier ice, give tips on enjoying safe glacier travel, and list places to see glaciers in Alaska whether traveling by bus, boat, air, or even on foot. Glaciers of Alaska introduces the scientific methodologies used to study glaciers, monitor their changes, and image them from afar. Historical studies present a perspective on the evolution of our glacier knowledge through the efforts of inquisitive and courageous European, Russian, and American explorers. An area-by-area survey of the state's glaciers from Rhode Island-sized Malaspina to diminutive Brooks Range cirque glaciers provides a record of their size and extent, and also ponders the future health of Alaska's living ice masses as the climate changes. Glaciers of Alaska is the most complete, timely, and accurate source available for information about Alaska's glaciers. Author Bruce F. Molnia, Ph.D., has studied Alaska's glaciers for more than 30 years. He has taken thousands of glacier photographs throughout the state and has conducted extensive research on coastal and fiord glaciers. Molnia is the author of several books and more than 200 articles, maps, and other publications about Alaska's glaciers.
Glaciers of Alaska
Glaciers of Alaska,Bruce Molnia,Alaska Geographic Society,1566610559,Earth Sciences - General,Photography / Nature & Wildlife,Science,Science/Mathematics,Travel / United States / West / Pacific (AK, CA, HI, NV, OR, WA),Alaska,Glaciers,Nature & Wildlife,Photography,Pictorial works,Travel,Travel - United States,United States - Pacific - Alaska
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