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2008

Format:	Book
Author:	Deem, James M.
Title:	Bodies from the ice : melting glaciers and the recovery of the past / by James M. Deem.
Publisher, Date:	Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2008.
Description:	58 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 25 x 26 cm
Summary:	Recounts the discovery of the oldest human mummy in the 1990s by two mountain climbers on the Austrian border. This book reveals how glaciers, hulking masses of moving ice, are now offering up many secrets from the past.
Subjects:	Ice mummies -- Juvenile literature. Otzi (Ice mummy) -- Juvenile literature.
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 55-56) and index. Accelerated Reader AR MG 8.3 2.0 125748. Reading Counts RC 6-8 11.7 5.0 45676. Accelerated Reader Grades 5-8 8.3 2 SD Quiz 125748 English non-fiction. Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Honor, 2009. Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2009. Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12, 2009. Prairie Pasque Children's Book Award, 2010-2011.
Contents:	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.
LCCN:	2008001868
ISBN:	9780618800452 061880045X 0329709089 9780329709082
Other Number:	191010437
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Control Number:	227356
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Call Number:	j 599.97 Deem

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