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Planet Earth (Time-Life)
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Description edit
First Sentence edit
The mightiest rivers on earth are frozen solid and normally flow at slower than a snail's pace.
Table of Contents edit
1. "God's great plough"
2. The Animated Life of Glaciers
3. Phantom Fleets of the Polar Seas
4. Pioneers in Antarctica
5. 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
Picture Credits
Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Index
Series & Lists edit
This book is in Planet Earth (Time-Life). (publisher series)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Ronald H. Bailey (Editor)
- Editors of Time-Life Books (Editor)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Time-Life Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1982
ISBN: 0-8094-4316-3
Page Count: 176
Publisher: Time-Life Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1982
ISBN: 0-8094-4316-3
Page Count: 176
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: GB2403.2 B343
- Dewey: 551.3'12
Subjects edit
- Books › Science › Earth Sciences › Geology › Glaciology
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