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A Field Guide to Snow /
"Over my career I have led more than 30 snow expeditions, taught snow science in the classroom at the undergraduate and graduate level, and run more than a dozen field method classes all over the U.S. In the field with my students, we have worked shoulder-to-shoulder in snow pits measuring the...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Fairbanks, AK :
University of Alaska Press,
[2020]
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| Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | "Over my career I have led more than 30 snow expeditions, taught snow science in the classroom at the undergraduate and graduate level, and run more than a dozen field method classes all over the U.S. In the field with my students, we have worked shoulder-to-shoulder in snow pits measuring the density, grain size, and stratigraphy of the snow pack. In that setting I have tried to teach people how to read in the snow the story of the winter. Most beginners at first have trouble seeing the story: it is all just white and the same. But with time, and a little guidance, the winter world has opened up for them. That is what this book is about: just a little guidance for those who might not get a chance to dig a snow pit with me, but who want to know more about the snow"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource: illustrations (some color) |
| ISBN: | 9781602234154 |