Bodies from the ice :
Deem, James M.
Bodies from the ice : melting glaciers and the recovery of the past / by James M. Deem. - Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2008. - 58 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 24 x 29 cm.
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.
Wilson's Children, July 2009 School Library Journal starred, December 2008 Library Media Connection starred, May 2009 Kirkus Starred, October 2008 Booklist, December 2008 Horn Book, April 2009 Bulletin (Center for Children's books), December 2008 Science Books & Films (A.A.A.S.), March 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.
8.6 5-8 Follett Library Resources
Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award/Honors, 2009
061880045X
2008001868
Mummies.
Otzi (Ice mummy)
GN293 / .D43 2008
599.9
Bodies from the ice : melting glaciers and the recovery of the past / by James M. Deem. - Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2008. - 58 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 24 x 29 cm.
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.
Wilson's Children, July 2009 School Library Journal starred, December 2008 Library Media Connection starred, May 2009 Kirkus Starred, October 2008 Booklist, December 2008 Horn Book, April 2009 Bulletin (Center for Children's books), December 2008 Science Books & Films (A.A.A.S.), March 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.
8.6 5-8 Follett Library Resources
Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award/Honors, 2009
061880045X
2008001868
Mummies.
Otzi (Ice mummy)
GN293 / .D43 2008
599.9