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Our vanishing glaciers : the snows of yesteryear and the future climate of the mountain West
Author
Title
Our vanishing glaciers : the snows of yesteryear and the future climate of the mountain West / Robert William Sandford.
ISBN
9781771602020
1771602023
Edition
First edition.
Publication
[Victoria, B.C.] : Rocky Mountain Books, [2017]
Copyright Notice Date
³2017
Physical Description
223 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color) ; 23 x 29 cm
Summary
"This remarkable and beautifully illustrated book chronicles the history of Canada's western mountain glaciers through stunning photography, personal reflection and the most recent scientific research."-- Provided by publisher.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 12, 2021
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-222).
Contents
1. The wonder of water
2. What winter does to water
3. Ecology as defined by winter water
4. How ice fields and glaciers form
5. Canada's most accessible glaciers
6. The death of Peyto glacier : A case for more comprehensive
7. The Columbia ice field today
8. Glaciers in a changing climate
9. What we stand to lose
10. Water, climate and the National Parks ideal.
Subjects
Genre/Form
History.
Pictorial works.
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