Ebook {Epub PDF} The Library of Ice: Readings from a Cold Climate by Nancy Campbell

The Library of Ice looks beyond the shifting statistics of climate change and news of retreating glaciers and polar ice loss. At a time when the outlook for our planet seems bleak, Nancy discovers the riches that are revealed as the ice retreats – from the remains of our prehistoric ancestors to the minerals that will fuel the next phase of the global economy. Date/Time Date(s) - Wednesday, 28th November pm - pm. Location Five Leaves Bookshop. Categories. Climate change; Travel writing; Nancy Campbell combines memoir, scientific and cultural history with a bewitching account of landscape and place, which will appeal to readers of Robert Macfarlane, Roger Deakin and Olivia Laing. Nancy Campbell reads from her latest book which . Long captivated by the solid yet impermanent nature of ice, by its stark, rugged beauty, acclaimed poet and writer Nancy Campbell sets out from the world’s northernmost museum – at Upernavik in Greenland – to explore it in all its facets. From the Bodleian Library archives to the traces left by the great polar expeditions, from remote Arctic settlements to the ice houses of Calcutta, she examines the impact of /5(21).

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The Library of Ice looks beyond the shifting statistics of climate change and news of retreating glaciers and polar ice loss. At a time when the outlook for our planet seems bleak, Nancy discovers the riches that are revealed as the ice retreats – from the remains of our prehistoric ancestors to the minerals that will fuel the next phase of. The Library of Ice: Readings from a Cold Climate is a vivid and perceptive book combining memoir, scientific and cultural history with a bewitching account of landscape and place, which will appeal to readers of Robert Macfarlane, Roger Deakin and Olivia Laing. A Bookseller Book of the Month, a Book of the Year (as chosen by Patrick Barkham) in. The Library of Ice: Readings from a Cold Climate by Nancy Campbell () is published by Scribner UK and is available from Amazon and other online retailers. Related.