Thin ice : unlocking the secrets of climate in the world's highest mountains / Mark Bowen.
Bowen, Mark (Mark Stander)
2005
QC879.59 .B69 2005 (Mapit)
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Title Thin ice : unlocking the secrets of climate in the world's highest mountains / Mark Bowen.
Author Bowen, Mark (Mark Stander)
Edition 1st ed.
ISBN 0805064435
Publication Details New York : Henry Holt, 2005.
Language English
Description 463 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm.
Item Number 9780805064438
Call Number QC879.59 .B69 2005
Dewey Decimal Classification 551.51/4/072
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p. [423]-443) and index.
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I: The Sajama expedition
The mountain God
An island in the sky
II: Early days
Where next?
Beginnings
A decade on Quelccaya
III: The warming sets in
First signs
The great experiment
Temperature follows suit
China opens up
IV: The essence of life
A city by a lake
The seesaw
V: More pieces for the puzzle
Casting about
From Tibet...
...to Peru
Altering the course of thinking
Pushing back the bar
Solving the mercer problem
Endurance and tragedy on Dasuopu
VI: Kilimanjaro
Scratching the surface
Drilling deeper
The story in the snows.

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