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Author Bowen, Mark (Mark Stander)

Title Thin ice : unlocking the secrets of climate in the world's highest mountains / Mark Bowen.

Publication Info. New York : Henry Holt, 2005.

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  551.514 BOWEN    Check Shelf
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  551.514 B786T    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  551.51 BO    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description 463 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 25 cm
Note "A John Macrae book."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [423]-443) and index.
Contents 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.
Study Program Accelerated Reader AR UG 10.0 33.0 107092.
Subject Upper atmosphere -- Observations.
Climatic changes -- Research.
Climatology -- Research.
Tropics -- Climate -- Research.
ISBN 0805064435
Standard No. 9780805064438
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