Bodies from the ice : melting glaciers and the recovery of the past /
Recounts the discovery of the oldest human mummy in the 1990s by two mountain climbers on the Austrian border, in this exciting volume that reveals how glaciers, hulking masses of moving ice, are now offering up many secrets from the past.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Boston :
Houghton Mifflin,
2008.
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| Summary: | Recounts the discovery of the oldest human mummy in the 1990s by two mountain climbers on the Austrian border, in this exciting volume that reveals how glaciers, hulking masses of moving ice, are now offering up many secrets from the past. |
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| Physical Description: | 58 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 25 x 26 cm. |
| Awards: | Robert F. Sibert Honor Book, 2009 |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 55-56) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780618800452 061880045X |