{"product_id":"the-secret-lives-of-glaciers-hardcover","title":"The Secret Lives of Glaciers - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eM. Jackson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeographer, adventurer, environmental educator, 2018 TED Fellow and National Geographic Society Emerging Explorer Dr. M Jackson studies and writes about glaciers and climate change worldwide. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeeking to understand the wild diversity and complexity that exists between people and ice, Jackson lived for a year on the south-eastern coast of Iceland, chronicling in \u003ci\u003eThe Secret Lives of Glaciers \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ethe \u003c\/i\u003ecultural and societal impacts of glacier change on local communities. Jackson interviewed hundreds of Icelanders living in close proximity to ice, seeking to understand just what was at stake as the island's ice disappeared. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePainstakingly detailed, Jackson recounts stories of glaciers told by people throughout the region, stories exploring the often conflicting and controversial plasticity of glaciers, the power glaciers enact in society, the possible sentience of glaciers, and the range of intertwined positive and negative consequences glacier change produces throughout Iceland. \u003ci\u003eThe Secret Lives of Glaciers \u003c\/i\u003ereaches beyond Iceland and touches on changing glaciers everywhere, revealing oft-overlooked interactions between people and ice throughout human history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Secret Lives of Glaciers \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003edelivers a critical message: \u003c\/i\u003eunderstanding glaciers and people together teaches us about how human society worldwide experiences being in the world today amidst increasing climatic changes and anthropogenic transformation of all of Earth's systems. Instead of creating another catalogue of all the ice the world is losing, \u003ci\u003eThe Secret Lives of Glaciers \u003c\/i\u003eexplores what we may yet find with glaciers: hope for humanity, and the possibility of saving this world's glaciers. \u003ci\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDr. M Jackson\u003c\/b\u003e is a geographer, glaciologist, environmental educator, 2018 TED Global Fellow, and an Explorer for the National Geographic Society who researches and writes about glaciers and climate change worldwide. M earned a doctorate from the Geography Department at the University of Oregon, where she examined how climate change transformed people and ice communities in Iceland. A veteran three-time U.S. Fulbright Scholar in both Turkey and Iceland, M currently serves as a U.S. Fulbright Ambassador. M works as an Arctic Expert for the National Geographic Society, holds a Master of Science degree from the University of Montana, and served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Zambia. She's worked for over a decade in the Arctic chronicling climate change and communities, guiding backcountry trips and exploring glacial systems. Her 2015 book \u003ci\u003eWhile Glaciers Slept: Being Human in a Time of Climate Change\u003c\/i\u003e weaves together the parallel stories of what happens when the climates of a family and a planet change. Her 2018 book, \u003ci\u003eThe Secret Lives of Glaciers\u003c\/i\u003e, explores the stories of Icelandic people and glaciers through the lens of climatic changes. She is currently working on \u003ci\u003eIn Tangible Ice\u003c\/i\u003e, a multi-year Arctic project examining the socio-physical dimensions of glacier retreat in near-glacier communities across all eight circumpolar nations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 292\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 7.8 x 9.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 15, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51772780871968,"sku":"9780996267670","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/49dc07fd9e28abeacac31bb4c7f29547.webp?v=1780414106","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-secret-lives-of-glaciers-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}