Ice: Beauty. Danger. History
by Pauline Couture

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“Couture draws out the history of ice beautifully and comprehensively…takes us from the basic
scientific structure of ice to its intersection with military and exploration history, through all its
wide-ranging cultural associations to its crucial place in our future.”
— Globe and Mail
“Fascinating in the range of ice-related phenomena it touches.”
— Montreal Gazette
“A charming ode to the power of ice, whether in glacier, igloo or sno-cone form.”
— National Post
“A superb book that combines science with anecdotes and character sketches with technology.”
— Edmonton Journal
This wide ranging adventure of the mind explores the subject of ice from the heavy to the light and from the ridiculous to the sublime.

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Weight:	470.00 kg
Price:	CDN$ 19.95 (US$ 19.41)

ISBN-10:	1552784991
ISBN-13/EAN:	9781552784990
Author:	Pauline Couture
Publisher:	McArthur & Company Toronto
Publication Date:	10/2005
Pages:	356 pp
Size/Dimensions:	5 1/2” x 7 1/2”
Binding:	paperback