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Title Out of the ice : how climate change is revealing the past / written by Claire Eamer ; illustrated by Drew Shannon.
Author Eamer, Claire, 1947- author.
Publisher Toronto, ON : Kids Can Press, [2018]
Copyright ©2018
Description 32 pages : color illustrations, photographs ; 23 x 28 cm
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LOCATION CALL NUMBER VOL BARCODE LAST CHECKIN STATUS
 PM-Children's Room  J 930.1 EAM Nearby on shelf  30643005930632 (none)  DUE 04-25-24
BIBLIOGRAPHY Includes glossary, bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction: Frozen in time -- Ice patches: Mystery on the mountain -- Ice patches: Time detectives at work -- Ice patches: Hunters, arrow and atlatls -- Ice patches: Vikings on the mountains -- Glaciers: Lost on the glacier -- Glaciers: Traveler from the past -- Glaciers: Glacial changes -- Permafrost: Lords and Ladies in the ice -- Permafrost: Children of the Gods -- Permafrost: A frozen zoo -- Permafrost: Mammoths and people -- Cryoshphere: Slip-sliding away -- Glossary and further information -- Timeline -- Index.
Summary Describes how global warming is causing the ice in Earth's cryosphere to melt, resulting in unexpected discoveries of archaeological artifacts that provide insights into how ancient civilizations lived.
Audience 1100L Lexile
Subject Ice patch archaeology.
Excavations (Archaeology) -- Arctic regions.
Climatic changes -- Arctic regions.
Global warming -- Arctic regions.
Arctic regions -- History.
Add'l Names Shannon, Drew, 1988- illustrator.
ISBN 9781771387316
1771387319