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The Glaciers of Iceland

A Historical, Cultural and Scientific Overview

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Authors:
  1. Helgi Björnsson

    1. Institute of Earth Sciences School of Engineering and Natural Science, School of Engineering and Natural Science, University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland

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  • The only book providing a comprehensive systematic account of all main glaciers of Iceland
  • The first book integrating the story of active glaciers with the life of Icelanders, their history language and culture
  • The book explains how research into the glaciers of Iceland may be used as a model for studies on the response of glaciers to climate change
  • The book contains a large collection of illustrations and data
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Atlantis Advances in Quaternary Science (AAQS, volume 2)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiv
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  2. The Origins and History of Glaciers and Glaciology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Origins and Nature of Glaciers

      • Helgi Björnsson
      Pages 3-37

    3. Reading the Landscape

      • Helgi Björnsson
      Pages 39-101

    4. Iceland

      • Helgi Björnsson
      Pages 103-127

    5. History of Glaciology in Iceland

      • Helgi Björnsson
      Pages 129-207

  3. The Glaciers of Iceland

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 209-209
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    2. Glaciers of Southern Iceland

      • Helgi Björnsson
      Pages 211-273

    3. Glaciers of the Central Highlands

      • Helgi Björnsson
      Pages 275-336

    4. Glaciers of Northern and Western Iceland

      • Helgi Björnsson
      Pages 337-373

    5. Vatnajökull and Glaciers of Eastern Iceland

      • Helgi Björnsson
      Pages 375-574

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 575-613
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About this book

This book is the first comprehensive overview and evaluation of the origins, history and current size and condition of all of Iceland's major glaciers (including Vatnajökull, the largest in Europe) at the beginning of the twenty-first century. It is not only illustrated with many beautiful photographs and graphs of recent statistics and scientific data, but is also a collection of historical writings and drawings from annals, sagas, folk tales, diaries, reports, stories and poems, as it presents a unique approach to the study of glaciers on an island in the North Atlantic. 
Balancing and comparing the world of man with the world of nature, the perceptions of art and culture with the systematic and pragmatic analyses of science, The Glaciers of Iceland present a wide spectrum of readers with a new and stimulating view of the origins, development and possible future of these massive natural phenomena, as well as the study and role of glaciology, within specific time lines and geographical locations. Icelandic glaciers the author argues could prove essential for understanding the current unsettling progress of global warming. The glaciers of Iceland, therefore, aims at presenting to a wide readership an original, historical, cultural and scientific overview of these geophysical features in Iceland while also suggesting increasingly important lessons and models for man's future interaction with the world's glaciers as a whole.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Institute of Earth Sciences School of Engineering and Natural Science, School of Engineering and Natural Science, University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland

    Helgi Björnsson

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Glaciers of Iceland

  • Book Subtitle: A Historical, Cultural and Scientific Overview

  • Authors: Helgi Björnsson

  • Translated by: Julian Meldon D'Arcy

  • Series Title: Atlantis Advances in Quaternary Science

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6239-207-6

  • Publisher: Atlantis Press Paris

  • eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Atlantis Press and the author(s) 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-6239-206-9Published: 13 October 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-6239-207-6Published: 04 October 2016

  • Series ISSN: 2543-0327

  • Series E-ISSN: 2543-0335

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIV, 613

  • Number of Illustrations: 75 b/w illustrations, 305 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Hydrogeology, Natural Hazards

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