Bodies from the ice : melting glaciers and the recovery of the past / by James M. Deem.

By:

Deem, James M

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2008.Description: 58 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 24 x 29 cmISBN:

0329709089
061880045X
9780329709082
9780618800452 (trade)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

599.9 22

LOC classification:

GN293 .D43 2008

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.

Awards:

Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award/Honors, 2009.

Summary: Examines the science of glaciers and looks at some of the discoveries of the past that have been made as the ice masses move and melt, including the preserved frozen remains of Otzi, the oldest human mummy ever found in ice, believed to be at least 5,300 years old.

Holdings
Item type	Home library	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Barcode
Book	Ortaokul Kütüphanesi / Middle School Library	İngilizce Roman Dışı / English Non Fiction (MS)	599.9 DEE /I (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	T 317911

Includes bibliographical references (p. 54-56) and index.

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.

Library Media Connection starred.

School Library Journal starred.

Wilson's Children.

Booklist, December 2008.

Bulletin (Center for Children's books), December 2008.

Horn Book, April 2009.

Kirkus Starred, October 2008.

Library Media Connection starred, May 2009.

School Library Journal starred, December 2008.

Science Books & Films (A.A.A.S.), March 2009.

Wilson's Children, July 2009.

Examines the science of glaciers and looks at some of the discoveries of the past that have been made as the ice masses move and melt, including the preserved frozen remains of Otzi, the oldest human mummy ever found in ice, believed to be at least 5,300 years old.