For use in schools and libraries only. Describes the characteristics, size, and movement of icebergs, ice caps, and glaciers.

The frozen rivers and sheets of ice known as glaciers can move as slowly as a few inches a year, yet they are a powerful force shaping the earth beneath and aro

The Arctic is thawing. In summer, cruise ships sail through the once ice-clogged Northwest Passage, lakes form on top of the Greenland Ice Sheet, and polar bear

The principles of glacier physics are developed from basic laws in this up-to-date third edition for advanced students and researchers.