Ice Rivers
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As one of the world's leading glaciologists, Professor Jemma Wadham
has devoted her career to the glaciers that cover one-tenth of the
Earth's land surface. Today, however, these 'ice rivers' are in
peril. High up in the Alps, Andes and Himalaya, once-indomitable
glaciers are retreating, in Antarctica, meanwhile, thinning ice
sheets are releasing meltwater to sensitive marine foodwebs, and
may be unlocking vast quantities of methane stored deep beneath
them.The potential consequences for humanity are almost
unfathomable. Jemma's first encounter with a glacier, as a student,
sparked her love of these icy landscapes. There is nowhere on Earth
she feels more alive.Whether abseiling down crevasses, skidooing
across frozen fjords, exploring ice caverns, or dodging polar bears
- for a glaciologist, it's all in a day's work. Prompted by an
illness that took her to the brink of death and back, in Ice Rivers
Jemma recalls twenty-five years of expeditions around the globe,
revealing why the glaciers mean so much to her - and what they
should mean to us. As she guides us from the Alps to the Andes, the
importance of the ice to crucial ecosystems and human livelihoods
becomes clear - our lives are entwined with these coldest places on
the planet.This is a memoir like no other: an eye-witness account
by a top scientist at the frontline of the climate crisis, and an
impassioned love letter to the glaciers that are her obsession
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Penguin Books ,
Jemma Wadham
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Penguin Books,
Jemma Wadham
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Slovart
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Slovart
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