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Bodies from the ice : melting glaciers and the recovery of the past

text Bodies from the ice : melting glaciers and the recovery of the past

Summary

Discusses the discoveries of various human remains at glacier sites around the world, including that of a 5,000 year-old mummy in the Italian Alps, sacrificed Inca children in the Andes, and climber George Mallory, a member of the 1924 expedition on Mount Everest.

Contents

Iceman of the Alps -- Grinding, gliding glaciers -- Dragons in the ice -- Frozen children of the Andes -- The mystery of Mallory -- Another man from a glacier -- Saving the past.

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Description
58 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 25 x 26 cm.
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin 2008

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Woodmere (Main Branch) J 599.9 DEE in Juvenile Nonfiction Available

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