The Age of Melt
What Glaciers, Ice Mummies, and Ancient Artifacts Teach Us about Climate, Culture, and a Future without Ice
by Lisa Baril
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Pub Date Sep 17 2024 | Archive Date Sep 17 2024
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Description
An entertaining pop-sci narrative investigating ice patch archaeology and the role of glaciers in the development of human culture.
Glaciers figure prominently in both ancient and contemporary narratives around the world. They inspire art and literature. They spark both fear and awe. And they give and take life. In The Age of Melt, environmental journalist Lisa Baril explores the deep-rooted cultural connection between humans and ice through time.
Thousands of organic artifacts are emerging from patches of melting ice in mountain ranges around the world. Archaeologists are in a race against time to find them before they disappear forever. In entertaining and enlightening prose, Baril travels from the Alps to the Andes, investigating what these artifacts teach us about climate and culture. But this is not a chronicle of loss. The Age of Melt explores what these artifacts reveal about culture, wilderness, and what we gain when we rethink our relationship to the world and its most precious and ephemeral substance—ice.
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781643261515 |
| PRICE | $30.00 (USD) |
| PAGES | 272 |
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Featured Reviews
Ink R, Reviewer
The Age of Melt - What Glaciers, Ice Mummies, and Ancient Artifacts Teach Us about Climate, Culture, and a Future without Ice by Lisa Baril is a fascinating exploration into the glaciers that cover 10% of our Earth, that's 15 million square kilometers (5.8 million square miles) of glacierised areas (including Greenland and Antarctica)
I adore readng and learning about the natural world but at no point did I imagine that I could become so invested in the investigation and backstory of a body found in the ice of the Otzal (Alps) which was affectionately nicknamed "Otzi" by the researchers. This body defied all knowledge of those that had been trapped in such a way. It was not torn asunder, but perfectly preserved aside from an abrasion on the back of the head and weighing about 30lbs
This account got me hooked into the writing of Lisa Baril which is interesting, engaging and concise. This book gave me so much information but I did not feel overloaded due to it's affable, conversational style.
Watching and learning about glacier behaviour or Ice-Cap Archaelogy is a brilliant insight into the behaviour of our global eco-system and defines just how important they are on so very many levels. A book that would be loved by ecologists, climate watches, conservationists and indeed anyone with an interest in our natural world
Wonderful and highly recommended
Thank you to Netgalley, Timber Press and the author Lisa Baril for this fascinating ARC. My review is left voluntarily and all opinions are my own
