Thin Ice: Unlocking the Secrets of Climate in the World’s Highest Mountains (John MacRae Books)
Thin Ice: Unlocking the Secrets of Climate in the World’s Highest Mountains (John MacRae Books) – Review
This is travelogue, musings, science, story-telling, and a gentle (non-polemic) argument about a critical current issue. The prior reviewers (especially the first two) and Bill McKibben’s dust-jacket comment are useful guides. Some of the author’s varieties of mountain scenery are quite beautiful. Although I always have been concerned about climate change based on the “preventive principle” and “responsibility to future generations” ideas, this book stopped me simply put some meat on the fine bones of my fully understanding. It also reached me at an open level, since the reader finishes thus much time with the scientists and get a close-up view of how they arrive at their understandings. The book does not just follow a chronological narrative, but branches off for visits to closely related topics. I commonly found this form of organization effective and fun. (Like a rafting trip in the Grand Canyon where you often stop for a day to explore side canyons.) There are 24 sides of notes and 21 pages of (about 400-500) references.