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Glacier / by Ronald H. Bailey and the editors of Time-Life Books.
- Title
- Glacier / by Ronald H. Bailey and the editors of Time-Life Books.
- Author
- Bailey, Ronald H.
- Publication
- Alexandria, Va. : Time-Life Books, c1982.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | GB2403.2 .B34 1982 | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Time-Life Books
- Description
- 176 p. : ill. (some col.), maps, ports.; 29 cm.
- Summary
- Discusses the theory of glaciers and of the Ice Age as propounded by Venetz and later espoused by Agassiz, and discusses modern glaciers and explorations of the polar ice cap.
- Series Statement
- Planet earth ; 5
- Uniform Title
- Planet earth ; 5.
- Subject
- Glaciers
- Note
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. 170-172.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- “GOD’S GREAT PLOUGH” -- THE ANIMATED LIFE OF GLACIERS -- PHANTOM FLEETS OF THE POLAR SEAS -- PIONEERS IN ANTARCTICA -- A CONTINENTAL LABORATORY -- ESSAYS: Magnificent rivers of ice -- A gallery of ice-draped mountains -- Contrasting worlds of moving ice -- The glacier’s far-flung footprints -- Tormented migrations to doom -- Captain Scott’s gifted chronicler.
- ISBN
- 0809443163 :
- 0809443171 (lib. bdg.)
- 080944318X (mail order ed.)
- LCCN
- ^^^82000781^
- OCLC
- 8195406
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library