Glacier Ice

by Austin Post, Edward R. LaChapelle

The awesome beauty and majesty of glaciers, the world of ice which has shaped and reshaped large parts of the earth's surfaces, are presented here through more than 100 photographs and a closely integrated, informed text. Austin Post's series of aerial photographs of glaciers along the North Pacific Coast of North America and into the interior ranges of Alaska is supplemented with ground-based photographs from the Himalayas, Switzerland, Chile, and other parts of the world. The authors clearly explain the features illustrated. Their discussion of the effects of glaciers on the landscape, formation and mass balance, flow and fluctuations, moraines, ogives, and surface details is fascinating for the general reader as well as the expert.

First published in 1971 and long out of print, Glacier Ice is reissued in a completely redesigned edition.

Genres: Geology

Paperback

First published January 1, 1971

Reviews

[Karen Pruett · Rating 5 out of 5]

I remember Austin Post in his later life, a bent elderly gentleman with a long, flowing white beard who would regale you with many exciting stories of climbing mountains. Stooped over and using a cane from a lifetime of carrying heavy packs of supplies, many would "clear a path" to avoid this strange old man, not realizing the importance of his work or his gentle, yet humorous, nature. Long before I met him, I didn't know that many of the glacial pictures in my childhood textbooks were taken by him and his teams, after I was always struck by how our paths crossed. The fascinated student and the scientist who made sure that I was educated would later say hello as we passed on the street. I admire him as a remarkable man with a fantastically interesting life.