This book is an easy to read and understand look at all of Earth's known major ice age events. It doesn't just cover the present ice age. It goes back 2.5 billion years It includes diagrams, maps, and photos to assist the reader in understanding not only the how and why the ice ages occurred, but also why our understanding of them is crucial to our future.

This is a unique roadside book of the 110 mile loop along Trans-Canada 17 from Goulais Bay to Thessalon and back via Route 638. It is organized in a manner so you can visit outcrops by either following the book or by GPS coordinates within. It explores the Precambrian outcrops common along the transect from the Archean granites, through the Huronian Supergroup, to the post Mid-continental Rift bedrock. There are 35 total outcrops visited. All but three are easily assessable from the roadside. Other road segments include Route 556, Old Soo Road, Gordon Lake Road, Center Line Road, Watson Road,...