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The Glaciers of the Alps
John Tyndall
Ice moves, and John Tyndall went up to feel it. His narrative of the Alps in 1856 and 1857 carries you across the Oberland, the Tyrol, and the ledges above Chamouni to the Montanvert. Part mountaineering log, part physics of glaciers. A Victorian scientist and climber makes the frozen rivers of Europe thrilling. Rope up and follow him onto the ice.
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111 chapters
- 1THE GLACIERS OF THE ALPS.
- 2PREFACE.
- 3PREFATORY NOTE.
- 4CONTENTS.
- 5PART I.
- 6PART II.
- 7ILLUSTRATIONS.
- 8PART I. CHIEFLY NARRATIVE.
- 9INTRODUCTORY. (1.)
- 10FOOTNOTES:
- 11EXPEDITION OF 1856. THE OBERLAND. (2.)
- 12FOOTNOTES:
- 13THE TYROL. (3.)
- 14FOOTNOTES:
- 15EXPEDITION OF 1857. THE LAKE OF GENEVA. (4.)
- 16CHAMOUNI AND THE MONTANVERT. (5.)
- 17THE MER DE GLACE. (6.)
- 18(7.)
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